Chapter
Job 34

Book of Job - Chapter 34

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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