| 1 | Moreover Elihu answered and said, |
| 2 | Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
| 3 | For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food. |
| 4 | Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
| 5 | For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: |
| 6 | Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression. |
| 7 | What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water, |
| 8 | Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men? |
| 9 | For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God. |
| 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. |
| 11 | For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. |
| 12 | Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. |
| 13 | Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world? |
| 14 | If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; |
| 15 | All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust. |
| 16 | If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. |
| 17 | Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?- |
| 18 | [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked; |
| 19 | That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands. |
| 20 | In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand. |
| 21 | For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings. |
| 22 | There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
| 23 | For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment. |
| 24 | He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead. |
| 25 | Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. |
| 26 | He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others; |
| 27 | Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways: |
| 28 | So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted. |
| 29 | When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man: |
| 30 | That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. |
| 31 | For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: |
| 32 | That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more? |
| 33 | Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest. |
| 34 | Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me: |
| 35 | Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. |
| 36 | Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. |
| 37 | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God. |
