Job 36

1Elihu also proceeded, and said,● 2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that {I have} yet to speak on God's behalf. {I have...: Heb. there are yet words for God}● 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.● 4For truly my words {shall} not {be} false: he that is perfect in knowledge {is} with thee.● 5Behold, God {is} mighty, and despiseth not {any: he is} mighty in strength {and} wisdom. {wisdom: Heb. heart}● 6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. {poor: or, afflicted}● 7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings {are they} on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.● 8And if {they be} bound in fetters, {and} be holden in cords of affliction;● 9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.● 10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.● 11If they obey and serve {him}, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.● 12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. {perish: Heb. pass away}● 13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.● 14They die in youth, and their life {is} among the unclean. {They...: Heb. Their soul dieth} {unclean: or, sodomites}● 15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. {poor: or, afflicted}● 16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait {into} a broad place, where {there is} no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table {should be} full of fatness. {that...: Heb. the rest of thy table}● 17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold {on thee}. {take...: or, should uphold thee}● 18Because {there is} wrath, {beware} lest he take thee away with {his} stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. {deliver...: Heb. turn thee aside}● 19Will he esteem thy riches? {no}, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.● 20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.● 21Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.● 22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?● 23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?● 24Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.● 25Every man may see it; man may behold {it} afar off.● 26Behold, God {is} great, and we know {him} not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.● 27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:● 28Which the clouds do drop {and} distil upon man abundantly.● 29Also can {any} understand the spreadings of the clouds, {or} the noise of his tabernacle?● 30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. {bottom: Heb. roots}● 31For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.● 32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it {not to shine} by {the cloud} that cometh betwixt.● 33The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. {the vapour: Heb. that which goeth up}●