| 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. |