1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, ASV — Job 36:1
2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God`s behalf. ASV — Job 36:2
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. ASV — Job 36:3
4 For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. ASV — Job 36:4
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. ASV — Job 36:5
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right. ASV — Job 36:6
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. ASV — Job 36:7
8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; ASV — Job 36:8
9 Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. ASV — Job 36:9
10 He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. ASV — Job 36:10
11 If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. ASV — Job 36:11
12 But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. ASV — Job 36:12
13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. ASV — Job 36:13
14 They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean. ASV — Job 36:14
15 He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. ASV — Job 36:15
16 Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. ASV — Job 36:16
17 But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. ASV — Job 36:17
18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. ASV — Job 36:18
19 Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength? ASV — Job 36:19
20 Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. ASV — Job 36:20
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. ASV — Job 36:21
22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? ASV — Job 36:22
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? ASV — Job 36:23
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. ASV — Job 36:24
25 All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. ASV — Job 36:25
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. ASV — Job 36:26
27 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, ASV — Job 36:27
28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. ASV — Job 36:28
29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? ASV — Job 36:29
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. ASV — Job 36:30
31 For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. ASV — Job 36:31
32 He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. ASV — Job 36:32
33 The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up. ASV — Job 36:33