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Job 36

Common English Bible CEB

1 Continuing, Elihu said,

2 Wait a little while so I can demonstrate for you that there is still something more to say about God.

3 I will draw from my broad knowledge, attribute justice to my maker.

4 My words are certainly truthful; one with total knowledge is present with you.

5 Look, God is mighty and doesn't reject anyone; he is mighty in strength and mind.

6 He doesn't let the wicked live, but grants justice to the poor.

7 He doesn't avert his eyes from the righteous; he seats kings on thrones forever, and they are lifted up.

8 If they are tied with ropes, caught in cords of affliction,

9 he informs them about their offenses and their grave sins.

10 He opens their ears with discipline and commands them to turn from wrong.

11 If they listen and serve, they spend their days in plenty, their years contentedly.

12 But if they don't listen, they perish by the sword, breathe their last without understanding.

13 Those with impious hearts become furious; they don't cry out even though he binds them.

14 They die young; they are among the holy ones.

15 He saves the weak in their affliction, opens their ears through oppression.

16 Surely he draws you up from the brink of trouble to a wide place without distress; your table is set with rich food.

17 You are overly concerned about the case of the wicked; justice will be upheld in it.

18 Don't let them lure you with wealth; don't let a huge bribe mislead you.

19 Will he arrange your rescue from distress or from all your exertions of strength?

20 Don't wish for the night when people vanish from their place.

21 Take care; don't turn to evil because you've chosen it over affliction.

22 Look, God is inaccessible due to his power; who is a teacher like him?

23 Who has repaid him for his action, and who would ever say, "You've done wrong"?

24 Remember to praise his work that all of us have seen.

25 Every person has seen him; people can observe at great distance.

26 Look, God is exalted and unknowable; the number of his years is beyond counting.

27 He draws up drops of water that distill rain from his flood;

28 the clouds pour moisture and drip continually on humans.

29 Even if one perceives a spreading cloud and the thunder of his pavilion,

30 look how he spreads lightning across it and covers the seabed;

31 for by water he judges peoples and gives food in abundance.

32 He conceals lightning in his palms and orders it to its target.

33 His thunder announces it; even cattle proclaim its rising.

English Standard Version ESV

1 And Elihu continued, and said:

2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.

3 I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4 For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

5 “Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.

6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.

7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

8 And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction,

9 then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.

10 He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.

11 If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.

12 But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

13 “The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.

14 They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.

16 He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

17 “But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

18 Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

19 Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?

20 Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place.

21 Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

22 Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

23 Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?

24 “Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung.

25 All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar.

26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.

27 For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain,

28 which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.

29 Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

30 Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.

31 For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.

32 He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.

33 Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.