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Job 36

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Elihu continued to speak [to Job],

2 "Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's defense.

3 I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair.

4 Certainly, my words are not lies. The one who knows everything is [speaking] with you.

5 "Certainly, God is mighty. He doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty and brave.

6 He doesn't allow the wicked person to live. He grants justice to those who are oppressed.

7 He doesn't take his eyes off righteous people. He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.

8 However, if righteous people are bound in chains and tangled in ropes of misery,

9 he tells them what they've done wrong and that they've behaved arrogantly.

10 He makes them listen to his warning and orders them to turn away from wrong.

11 "If righteous people listen and serve [him], they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort.

12 But if they don't listen, they will cross the River [of Death] and die like those who have no knowledge.

13 But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don't even call for help when he chains them up.

14 They die while they're young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.

15 He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress.

16 "Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble into an open area where you were not restrained, and your table was covered with rich foods.

17 But you are given the judgment evil people deserve. A fair judgment will be upheld.

18 Be careful that you are not led astray with riches. Don't let a large bribe turn you [to evil ways].

19 Will your riches save you from having to suffer? Will all your mighty strength help you?

20 Don't look forward to the night, when people disappear from their places.

21 Be careful! Don't turn to evil, because you have chosen evil instead of suffering.

22 "God does great things by his power. Is there any teacher like him?

23 Who can tell him which way he should go? Who can say to him, 'You did wrong'?

24 Remember that you should praise his work. People have sung about it.

25 Every person has seen it. Mortals have looked at it from a distance.

26 "Certainly, God is so great that he is beyond our understanding. The number of his years cannot be counted.

27 He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist,

28 which then drips from the clouds. It pours down on many people.

29 Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place?

30 Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around him and covers the depths of the sea.

31 This is how he uses the rains to provide for people and to give them more than enough food.

32 He fills his hands with lightning and orders it to hit the target.

33 The thunder announces his coming. The storm announces his angry wrath.

New King James Version NKJV

1 Elihu also proceeded and said:

2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God's behalf.

3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will 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, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

6 He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.

7 He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted.

8 And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction,

9 Then He tells them their work and their transgressions-- That they have acted defiantly.

10 He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.

11 If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

12 But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

13 "But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.

14 They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons.

15 He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression.

16 "Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness.

17 But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.

19 Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress?

20 Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction.

22 "Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?

23 Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, 'You have done wrong'?

24 "Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung.

25 Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar.

26 "Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered.

27 For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist,

28 Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man.

29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?

30 Look, He scatters his light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.

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

32 He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.

33 His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.