Job 36

CHAPTER 36 Elihu Proposes to Teach

1 And proceeding still, Elihu says, 2 Wait for me a little more! that I shall teach you. [³still ¹For ⁵in ⁶me ²there is ⁴speech]. 3 Having taken up my higher knowledge from afar, and to works of mine, 4 [²righteous things ¹I will speak] in truth, and [²not ⁵unjust ⁶words ³unjustly ¹you shall ⁴perceive]. 5 But know! that the lord in no way shall undo the guileless man; the mighty in strength of heart. 6 The impious in no way will he restore to life; and [²equity ³for the poor ¹he shall impute]. 7 He will not remove [²from ³the righteous ¹his eyes], and they shall be with kings on a throne; he shall seat them into victory, and they shall be exalted. 8 And the ones being shackled in manacles shall be held together by rough cords of poverty. 9 And he shall announce to them their works, and their transgressions, for they are prevalent. 10 But [²the ³righteous ¹he will listen to]; and he spoke that they shall turn from unrighteousness. 11 If they shall hear and serve, they shall complete their days among good things, and their years among beautiful things. 12 But the impious are not preserved -- by [²not ³willing ¹their] to behold the lord, and because being admonished they were unhearing. 13 And hypocrites in heart shall order rage; they shall not yell, for he bound them. 14 [²may ⁴die ¹Therefore ⁵in ⁶youth ³their soul], and their life being pierced by messengers, 15 because they afflicted the weak and disabled; [³judgment ¹and ⁴for the gentle ²he will expound]. 16 And from when he beguiled from out of the mouth of the enemy, an abyss for throwing down underneath it, that [²went down ¹your table] full of fatness. 17 [³shall not fail ¹but ⁴from ⁵the righteous ²judgment]; 18 and rage [²upon ³the impious ¹will be], because of the impiety of bribes which they received for iniquities. 19 [²not ⁷you ¹Let ⁶turn ⁸aside ⁵willingly ³the ⁴mind] of the supplication [³in ⁴necessity ¹of the ones being ²disabled]! And all the ones fortifying strength. 20 You shall not drag away by night, [²should ascend ¹so that others] instead of them. 21 But guard lest you act out of place! [²of ³these things ¹for] you took up because of poorness. 22 Behold, the strong one shall conquer by his strength, for who is as he -- the mighty one. 23 And who is the one examining his works? or who is the one having said, He acted unjustly. 24 Remember that [⁴great ²works ¹his ³are], which [²command ¹men]! 25 Every man beholds in himself how many [³being pierced ²are ¹mortals]. 26 Behold, the strong one is great, and we shall not know him; [²the number ³of his years ¹and] are unlimited. 27 [⁴shall be counted ¹And ⁵by him ²the drops ³of rain], and shall they be poured for rain in the cloud. 28 [²shall flow ¹Things grown old], [³shadow ¹and ²clouds] over untold mortals. 29 And should one have perceived the spreading out of the clouds, as equal of his tent? 30 Behold, he stretches out [²upon ³it ¹light], and [²the root ³of the ⁴sea ¹he covers]. 31 For in them he shall judge peoples; he shall give nourishment to the one being strong. 32 With the hands he covers light, and he gave charge concerning it with the encountering clouds. 33 He will announce [²concerning ³him ¹his friend] -- for possession and for injustice.