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Chapter 34
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Furthermore Elihu answered and said, |
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Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me,
ye that have knowledge. |
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For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. |
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Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves
what is good. |
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For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken
away my judgment. |
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Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable
without transgression. |
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What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like
water? |
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Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,
and walketh with wicked men. |
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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he
should delight himself with God. |
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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. |
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For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and
cause every man to find according to his ways. |
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Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will
the Almighty pervert judgment. |
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Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who
hath disposed the whole world? |
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If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself
his spirit and his breath; |
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All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn
again unto dust. |
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If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken
to the voice of my words. |
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Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou
condemn him that is most just? |
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Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to
princes, Ye are ungodly? |
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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. |
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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. |
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For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth
all his goings. |
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There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the
workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
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For he will not lay upon man more than right; that
he should enter into judgment with God. |
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He shall break in pieces mighty men without number,
and set others in their stead. |
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Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth
them in the night, so that they are destroyed. |
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He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of
others; |
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Because they turned back from him, and would not consider
any of his ways: |
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto
him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
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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: |
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That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. |
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Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne
chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
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That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done
iniquity, I will do no more. |
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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
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Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man
hearken unto me. |
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Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were
without wisdom. |
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My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because
of his answers for wicked men. |
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For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his
hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |
