Job - Chapter 34 | New King James Version

  • 1. Elihu further answered and said:
  • 2. "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
  • 3. For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
  • 4. Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
  • 5. "For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
  • 6. Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
  • 7. What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
  • 8. Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
  • 9. For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.'
  • 10. "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
  • 11. For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
  • 12. Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
  • 13. Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
  • 14. If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
  • 15. All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
  • 16. "If you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words:
  • 17. Should one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn Him who is most just?
  • 18. Is it fitting to say to a king, 'You are worthless,' And to nobles, 'You are wicked'?
  • 19. Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.
  • 20. In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.
  • 21. "For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps.
  • 22. There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
  • 23. For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
  • 24. He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
  • 25. Therefore he knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
  • 26. He strikes 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 caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
  • 29. When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?--
  • 30. That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
  • 31. "For has anyone said to God, ' I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;
  • 32. Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more'?
  • 33. Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.
  • 34. "Men of understanding say to me, Wise men who listen to me:
  • 35. 'Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'
  • 36. Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his answers are like those of wicked men!
  • 37. For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God."
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