Job34:1 Then Elihu continued and said,
Job34:2 "Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.
Job34:3 "For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
Job34:4 "Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job34:5 "For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God has taken away my right;
Job34:6 Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
Job34:7 "What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water,
Job34:8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
Job34:9 "For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing When he is pleased with God.'
Job34:10 "Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong.
Job34:11 "For He pays a man according to his work, And makes him find it according to his way.
Job34:12 "Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Job34:13 "Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?
Job34:14 "If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
Job34:15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
Job34:16 "But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.
Job34:17 "Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
Job34:18 Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' To nobles, 'Wicked ones';
Job34:19 Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
Job34:20 "In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
Job34:21 "For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.
Job34:22 "There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job34:23 "For He does not need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.
Job34:24 "He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
Job34:25 "Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
Job34:26 "He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
Job34:27 Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways;
Job34:28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted--
Job34:29 When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?--
Job34:30 So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people.
Job34:31 "For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne chastisement; I will not offend anymore;
Job34:32 Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again'?
Job34:33 "Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.
Job34:34 "Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me,
Job34:35 'Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
Job34:36 'Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because he answers like wicked men.
Job34:37 'For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.' "