Chapter 34

¹  Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
²  Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
³  For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
⁴  Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
⁵  For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
⁶  Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
⁷  What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
⁸  Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
⁹  For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
¹⁰  Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
¹¹  For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
¹²  Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
¹³  Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
¹⁴  If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
¹⁵  All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
¹⁶  If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
¹⁷  Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
¹⁸  Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
¹⁹  How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
²⁰  In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
²¹  For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
²²  There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
²³  For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
²⁴  He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
²⁵  Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
²⁶  He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
²⁷  Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
²⁸  So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
²⁹  When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
³⁰  That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
³¹  Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
³²  That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
³³  Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
³⁴  Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
³⁵  Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
³⁶  My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
³⁷  For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Chapter 35

¹  Elihu spake moreover, and said,
²  Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
³  For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
⁴  I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
⁵  Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
⁶  If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
⁷  If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
⁸  Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
⁹  By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
¹⁰  But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
¹¹  Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
¹²  There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
¹³  Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
¹⁴  Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
¹⁵  But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
¹⁶  Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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