[[Job 33|<< Job 33]] | [[Job|Job]] | [[Job 35|Job 35 >>]] ### Job 34 1 FURTHERMORE Elihu answered and said, ^1 2 Hear my words, O ye wise _men;_ and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. ^2 3 For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat. ^3 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what _is_ good. ^4 5 For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment. ^5 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound _is_ incurable without transgression. ^6 7 What man _is_ like Job, _who_ drinks up scorning like water? ^7 8 Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men. ^8 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. ^9 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. ^10 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to _his_ ways. ^11 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. ^12 13 Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world? ^13 14 If he set his heart upon man, _if_ he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; ^14 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. ^15 16 If now _thou_ _hast_ understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. ^16 17 Shall even he that hates right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? ^17 18 _Is_ _it_ _fit_ to say to a king, _Thou_ _art_ wicked? _and_ to princes, _Ye_ _are_ ungodly? ^18 19 _How_ _much_ _less_ _to_ _him_ that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all _are_ the work of his hands. ^19 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. ^20 21 For his eyes _are_ upon the ways of man, and he sees all his goings. ^21 22 _There_ _is_ no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. ^22 23 For he will not lay upon man more _than_ _right;_ that he should enter into judgment with God. ^23 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. ^24 25 Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns _them_ in the night, so that they are destroyed. ^25 26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others; ^26 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: ^27 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted. ^28 29 When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides _his_ face, who then can behold him? whether _it_ _be_ _done_ against a nation, or against a man only: ^29 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. ^30 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne _chastisement_, I will not offend _any_ _more:_ ^31 32 _That_ _which_ I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. ^32 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. ^33 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. ^34 35 Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words _were_ without wisdom. ^35 36 My desire _is_ _that_ Job may be tried unto the end because of _his_ answers for wicked men. ^36 37 For he adds rebellion unto his sin, he claps _his_ _hands_ among us, and multiplies his words against God. ^37