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Job · Chapter 35
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Thinkest thou this to be right,
that thou saidst, My righteousness
is more than Elohim’s?
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee?
and,
What profit shall I have,
if I be cleansed from my sin?
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Look unto the shamayim, and see; and behold the clouds
which
are higher than thou.
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or
if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Thy wickedness
may hurt a man as thou
art; and thy righteousness
may profit the son of man.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make
the oppressed
to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
But none saith, Where
is Elohim my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of shamayim?
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Surely Elohim will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him,
yet judgment
is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
But now, because
it is not
so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth
it not in great extremity:
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Ketuvim
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Job · Chapter 36
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that
I have yet to speak on Elohim’s behalf.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
For truly my words
shall not
be false: he that is perfect in knowledge
is with thee.
Behold, Elohim
is mighty, and despiseth not
any: he is
mighty in strength
and wisdom.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings
are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
And if
they be bound in fetters,
and be holden in cords of affliction;
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
If they obey and serve
him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
They die in youth, and their life
is among the unclean.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait
into
a broad place, where
there is no straitness; and that which
should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold
on thee.
Because
there is wrath,
beware lest he take thee away with
his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Will he esteem thy riches?
no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Behold, Elohim exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Every man may see it; man may behold
it afar off.
Behold, Elohim
is great, and we know
him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Which the clouds do drop
and distil upon man abundantly.
Also can
any understand the spreadings of the clouds,
or the noise of his mishkan?
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it
not to shine
by
the cloud that cometh betwixt.
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
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Job · Chapter 37
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound
that
goeth out of his mouth.
He directeth it under the whole shamayim, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Elohim thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
For he saith to the snow, Be thou
on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
By the breath of Elohim frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of Elohim.
Dost thou know when Elohim disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
How thy garments
are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south
wind?
Hast thou with him spread out the sky,
which is strong,
and as a molten looking glass?
Teach us what we shall say unto him;
for we cannot order
our speech by reason of darkness.
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
And now
men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with Elohim is terrible majesty.
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out:
he is
excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any
that are
wise of heart.