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Chapter 34 |
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1 | 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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3 | 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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6 | Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable
without transgression. |
| 7 | What man is like Job, who drinketh up
scorning like water? |
| 8 | Which 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. |
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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. |
| 12 | Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,
neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. |
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13 | Who hath given him a
charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? |
| 14 | 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. |
| 17 | Shall even he that hateth right govern? and
wilt thou condemn him that is most just? |
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18 | Is it fit to say to a
king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? |
| 19 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 21 | For his eyes
are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. |
| 22 | There is no
darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide
themselves. |
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23 | For he will not lay upon man more than right; that
he should enter into judgment with God. |
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24 | 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. |
| 26 | He striketh them as wicked men in the open
sight of others; |
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27 | Because they turned back from him, and would not
consider any of his ways: |
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28 | So that they cause the cry of the poor
to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
| 29 | 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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32 | That which I see not teach
thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. |
| 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. |
| 34 | Let men
of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. |
| 35 | 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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37 | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth
his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |
