Job 36

Berean Standard Bible

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Elihu continues his discourse, asserting his knowledge from afar and defending the justice of God. He explains that God is mighty, supports the righteous, and uses affliction to correct and instruct people. Elihu warns Job against ungodliness and yielding to wealth or iniquity, reminding him of God's supreme power. Finally, he describes God's greatness through His control over the rain, clouds, lightning, and thunder, which serve to judge nations and provide an abundance of food.

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¹And Elihu continued: ²“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf. ³I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker. ⁴For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you. ⁵Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. ⁶He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted. ⁷He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. ⁸And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction, ⁹then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed. ¹⁰He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity. ¹¹If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness. ¹²But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. ¹³The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help. ¹⁴They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes. ¹⁵God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression. ¹⁶Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness. ¹⁷But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you. ¹⁸Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray. ¹⁹Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? ²⁰Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes. ²¹Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction. ²²Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him? ²³Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’? ²⁴Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song. ²⁵All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar. ²⁶Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. ²⁷For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, ²⁸which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. ²⁹Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? ³⁰See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea. ³¹For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance. ³²He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark. ³³The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.

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