Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 And Elihu added and said,
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Elihu continued:
2 Wait for me a little, and I will teach thee; for I yet speak on God’s behalf.
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“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
3 I will take my knowledge from afar and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 For truly my words <em>are</em> not lies; <em>for I share</em> perfect knowledge with thee.
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Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5 Behold, God <em>is</em> mighty and does not despise; <em>he is</em> mighty in virtue of heart.
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“God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6 He shall not give life to the wicked; but to the poor he shall give their right.
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He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
7 He shall not withdraw his eyes from the righteous; but with kings he shall place them on the throne for ever, and they shall be exalted.
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He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 And if they were bound in fetters and captive in cords of affliction,
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But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
9 then he shall show them their work and that their rebellions prevailed.
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he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
10 He opens their ear to instruction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
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He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
11 If they hearken and serve <em>him</em>, they shall spend their days in goodness and their years in delight.
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If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
12 But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
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But if they do not listen, they will perish by the swordand die without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart shall irritate him more; they shall not cry out when he binds them.
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“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14 Their soul shall die in youth, and their life <em>is</em> among the male <em>pagan cult</em> prostitutes.
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They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15 He shall deliver the poor from his poverty, and in affliction shall open their ears.
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But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
16 Likewise, he would have removed thee out of the mouth of anguish <em>into</em> a broad place where <em>there is</em> no distress and should have set thy table full of fatness.
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“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, against the judgment and the justice that sustain <em>everything</em>.
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But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18 Therefore it is to be feared that he take thee away with <em>a</em> stroke, which cannot be avoided even with a great ransom.
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Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? <em>No</em>, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20 Do not desire the night, when he cuts people off in their place.
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Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.
21 Take heed, do not regard iniquity, to choose it rather than poverty.
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Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted by his power; what teacher is like him?
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“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who has prescribed his way unto him? Or who shall say unto him, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 Remember to magnify his work, which men behold.
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Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold <em>it</em> afar off.
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All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
26 Behold, God <em>is</em> great, and we know <em>him</em> not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
27 For he detains the drops of water; when the rain pours down rain out of its vapour,
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“He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ;
28 which the clouds do drop <em>and</em> distil upon man abundantly.
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the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29 Shall you understand the spreadings of the clouds <em>or</em> the noise of his tent?
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Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it and covers the roots of the sea.
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See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
31 For by them he judges the peoples; he gives food to the multitude.
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This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.
32 With the clouds he covers the light and commands them <em>to come</em> against <em>the light</em>.
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He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 <em>The one</em> gives news of the other; <em>the one</em> acquires wrath against the one that comes.
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His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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