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Job 34:1 |
Then Elihu continued and said, |
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Job 34:2 |
"Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know. |
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Job 34:3 |
"For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food. |
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Job 34:4 |
"Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
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Job 34:5 |
"For Job has said, 'I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right; |
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Job 34:6 |
Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.' |
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Job 34:7 |
"What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water, |
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Job 34:8 |
Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men? |
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Job 34:9 |
"For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing
When he is pleased with God.' |
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Job 34:10 |
"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong. |
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Job 34:11 |
"For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way. |
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Job 34:12 |
"Surely, God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice. |
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Job 34:13 |
"Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world? |
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Job 34:14 |
"If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, |
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Job 34:15 |
All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust. |
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Job 34:16 |
"But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words. |
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Job 34:17 |
"Shall one who hates justice rule?
And will you condemn the righteous mighty One, |
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Job 34:18 |
Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,'
To nobles, 'Wicked ones'; |
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Job 34:19 |
Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands? |
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Job 34:20 |
"In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand. |
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Job 34:21 |
"For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps. |
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Job 34:22 |
"There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
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Job 34:23 |
"For He does not need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment. |
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Job 34:24 |
"He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place. |
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Job 34:25 |
"Therefore He knows their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed. |
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Job 34:26 |
"He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place, |
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Job 34:27 |
Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways; |
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Job 34:28 |
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted-- |
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Job 34:29 |
When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?-- |
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Job 34:30 |
So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people. |
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Job 34:31 |
"For has anyone said to God,
'I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore; |
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Job 34:32 |
Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again'? |
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Job 34:33 |
"Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know. |
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Job 34:34 |
"Men of understanding will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me, |
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Job 34:35 |
'Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom. |
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Job 34:36 |
'Job ought to be tried to the limit,
Because he answers like wicked men. |
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Job 34:37 |
'For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.'" |
