| 1. | Moreover Elihu answered and said, |
| 2. | Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
| 3. | For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food. |
| 4. | Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
| 5. | For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: |
| 6. | Notwithstanding my right I am `accounted' a liar; My wound is incurable, `though I am' without transgression. |
| 7. | What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water, |
| 8. | Who 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 will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. |
| 12. | Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. |
| 13. | Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world? |
| 14. | If he set his heart upon himself, `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 one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous `and' mighty?- |
| 18. | `Him' that saith to a king, `Thou art' vile, `Or' to nobles, `Ye are' wicked; |
| 19. | That respecteth 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 they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand. |
| 21. | For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings. |
| 22. | There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
| 23. | For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment. |
| 24. | He breaketh in pieces mighty men `in ways' past finding out, And setteth others in their stead. |
| 25. | Therefore he taketh knowledge of 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 aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways: |
| 28. | So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted. |
| 29. | When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether `it be done' unto a nation, or unto a man: |
| 30. | That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. |
| 31. | For hath any 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 it no more? |
| 33. | Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest. |
| 34. | Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me: |
| 35. | Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. |
| 36. | Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. |
| 37. | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God. |