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The Darby Translation DBY
1 Elihu continued:
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And Elihu proceeded and said,
2 “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
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Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
3 I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
4 Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
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For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
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Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
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He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
8 But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
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And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
9 he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
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Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
10 He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
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And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
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If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the swordand die without knowledge.
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But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
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But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
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Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
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But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
16 “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.
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Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
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But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
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Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
19 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
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Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
20 Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.
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Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
21 Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
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Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
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Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
23 Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
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Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
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Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
25 All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
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All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
26 How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
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Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 “He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ;
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For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
28 the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
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Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
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But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
30 See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
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Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.
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For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
32 He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
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[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
33 His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
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His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
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