Job 34

CHAPTER 34 Elihu Proposes that The LORD Inspects Men

1 And undertaking, Elihu says, 2 Hear me! O wise men. O ones having knowledge, give ear to the good! 3 For the ear [²words ¹tries], and the throat tastes food. 4 Judgment we should take up for ourselves; we should know between ourselves what is good. 5 For Job has said, I am righteous; the lord has dismissed my judgment. 6 And he lied in my judgment; [²is violent ¹my spear] without injustice. 7 What man is as Job, drinking sneering as if water? 8 Not sinning, nor being impious, nor wholly participating with ones committing lawless deeds, to go with the impious. 9 [³not ¹For ²you should] say that there will not be an overseeing of a man -- and there is an overseeing of him by the lord. 10 Therefore, O discerning of heart, hear me! [²not ⁴to me ¹May it ³be] before the lord to be impious, and before the almighty to disturb justice. 11 But he gives back to man as [³does ¹each ²of them], and by a path man will find him. 12 And do you imagine the lord [²something out of place ¹doing], or that the almighty will disturb a judgment -- the one who made the earth? 13 And who is the one acting under heaven, and [²the things ³being in it ¹all]? 14 For if he might want to constrain, and [²the ³spirit ⁴by ⁵himself ¹to hold down], 15 [³would come to an end ¹all ²flesh] with one accord. Every mortal [²into ³the earth ¹shall go forth] from where even he was shaped. 16 But if he should not admonish, then hear these things! Give ear to the sound of words! 17 Behold then the one detesting lawless deeds, and the one destroying the wicked, being eternally righteous. 18 Impious is the one saying to a king, You act unlawfully, and saying, O impious one, to the rulers, 19 who was not feeling of respect for the person of honor, nor knows [²honor ¹to appoint] to the stout men, to admire their persons. 20 [³in vanity ¹But ⁴to them ²it shall result], to cry out and to beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, turning aside the disabled. 21 For he is an observer of the works of men, [⁵has escaped ¹and ⁶him ²nothing ³of how ⁴they act]; 22 nor is there a place to hide for the ones doing lawless deeds. 23 For [²not ⁴upon ⁵a man ¹he will ³put] any longer. 24 For the lord inspects all; He is the one perceiving untraceable things, honorable things also, and extraordinary things which there is no number; 25 the one knowing their works, and he shall turn night upon them, and they shall be humbled. 26 And he extinguishes the impious, for they are visible before him. 27 For they turned aside from the law of God; [⁴ordinances ³his ¹they did not ²recognize], 28 so as to bring unto him the cry of the needy; for [²the cry ³of the poor ¹he will listen to]; 29 and he [²rest ¹will furnish], and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? even against a nation and against a man together; 30 giving reign to a man who is a hypocrite, because of the discontent of people, 31 that to the mighty one saying, I have received blessings; I will not take anything for security. 32 [²apart from ³myself ¹I will see]; you show to me, if [²iniquity ¹I practiced]! then in no way shall I proceed. 33 Will [³on ⁴you ¹he pay ²it], in that you should have thrust it away; for you shall choose, and not I, and what you know -- speak! 34 Therefore the discerning in heart shall say these things, [³man ¹and ²a wise] hears my word. 35 But Job [²not ³with ⁴understanding ¹spoke]; and his words are not with higher knowledge. 36 But in fact, learn Job! No [²give ¹longer] an answer as the fools, 37 that we should not add upon our sins; for lawlessness [²against ³us ¹may be imputed ⁵many ⁴in speaking] words before the lord.