The Book of Job 34

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1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said ⚑

2 Hear my words O ye wise men and give ear unto me ye that have knowledge ⚑

3 For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat ⚑

4 Let us choose to us judgment let us know among ourselves what is good ⚑

5 For Job hath said I am righteous and God hath taken away my judgment ⚑

6 Should I lie against my right my wound is incurable without transgression ⚑

7 What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water ⚑

8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity and walketh with wicked men ⚑

9 For he hath said It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God ⚑

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 ⚑

11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him and cause every man to find according to his ways ⚑

12 Yea surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert judgment ⚑

13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth or who hath disposed the whole world ⚑

14 If he set his heart upon man if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath ⚑

15 All flesh shall perish together and man shall turn again unto dust ⚑

16 If now thou hast understanding hear this hearken to the voice of my words ⚑

17 Shall even he that hateth right govern and wilt thou condemn him that is most just ⚑

18 Is it fit to say to a king Thou art wicked and to princes Ye are ungodly ⚑

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man and he seeth all his goings ⚑

22 There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves ⚑

23 For he will not lay upon man more than right that he should enter into judgment with God ⚑

24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their stead ⚑

25 Therefore he knoweth their works and he overturneth them in the night so that they are destroyed ⚑

26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others ⚑

27 Because they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways ⚑

28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him and he heareth the cry of the afflicted ⚑

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 ⚑

30 That the hypocrite reign not lest the people be ensnared ⚑

31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God I have borne chastisement I will not offend any more ⚑

32 That which I see not teach thou me if I have done iniquity I will do no more ⚑

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 ⚑

34 Let men of understanding tell me and let a wise man hearken unto me ⚑

35 Job hath spoken without knowledge and his words were without wisdom ⚑

36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men ⚑

37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin he clappeth his hands among us and multiplieth his words against God ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain