Job34

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(Job 34:1) Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
(Job 34:2) Hear my words, O ye wise {men}; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
(Job 34:3) For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
(Job 34:4) Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what {is} good.
(Job 34:5) For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
(Job 34:6) Should I lie against my right? my wound {is} incurable without transgression.
(Job 34:7) What man {is} like Job, {who} drinketh up scorning like water?
(Job 34:8) Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
(Job 34:9) For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
(Job 34:10) 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.
(Job 34:11) For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to {his} ways.
(Job 34:12) Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
(Job 34:13) Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
(Job 34:14) If he set his heart upon man, {if} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
(Job 34:15) All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
(Job 34:16) If now {thou hast} understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
(Job 34:17) Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
(Job 34:18) {Is it fit} to say to a king, {Thou art} wicked? {and} to princes, {Ye are} ungodly?
(Job 34:19) {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.
(Job 34:20) 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.
(Job 34:21) For his eyes {are} upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
(Job 34:22) {There is} no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
(Job 34:23) For he will not lay upon man more {than right}; that he should enter into judgment with God.
(Job 34:24) He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
(Job 34:25) Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth {them} in the night, so that they are destroyed.
(Job 34:26) He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
(Job 34:27) Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
(Job 34:28) So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
(Job 34:29) 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:
(Job 34:30) That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
(Job 34:31) Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}:
(Job 34:32) {That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
(Job 34:33) {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.
(Job 34:34) Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
(Job 34:35) Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words {were} without wisdom.
(Job 34:36) My desire {is that} Job may be tried unto the end because of {his} answers for wicked men.
(Job 34:37) For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth {his hands} among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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