Job 36
1 Eliu also proceeded, and said:
And Elius further continued, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God’s behalf.
Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach you: for there is yet speech in me.
3 I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
I will speak just things truly, and you shall not unjustly receive unjust words.
5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgement of the poor.
7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:
But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
But he will listen to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgement of the meek.
16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy:
17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
[there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and your table came down full of fatness. Judgement shall not fail from the righteous;
18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
Let not [your] mind willingly turn you aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
But take heed lest you do that which is wrong: for of this you has made choice because of poverty.
22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity?
And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in [your] body.
29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.
The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
