The Book of Job

Chapter-36

Job 36:1 Continuing in a similar manner, Eliu had this to say:

 

Job 36:2 Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.

 

Job 36:3 I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.

 

Job 36:4 For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.

 

Job 36:5 God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.

 

Job 36:6 But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.

 

Job 36:7 He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.

 

Job 36:8 And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,

 

Job 36:9 he will reveal to them their works, as well as their sinfulness, in that they were violent.

 

Job 36:10 Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.

 

Job 36:11 If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.

 

Job 36:12 But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.

 

Job 36:13 The false and the crafty provoke the wrath of God, yet they do not cry out to him when they are chained.

 

Job 36:14 Their soul will die in a storm, and their life, among the unmanly.

 

Job 36:15 He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.

 

Job 36:16 Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.

 

Job 36:17 Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.

 

Job 36:18 Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.

 

Job 36:19 Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.

 

Job 36:20 Do not prolong the night, even if people rise on their behalf.

 

Job 36:21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this.

 

Job 36:22 Behold, God is exalted in his strength, and there is no one like him among the law-givers.

 

Job 36:23 Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, “You have done iniquity,” to him?

 

Job 36:24 Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.

 

Job 36:25 All men consider him; and each one ponders from a distance.

 

Job 36:26 Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.

 

Job 36:27 He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;

 

Job 36:28 they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.

 

Job 36:29 If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent

 

Job 36:30 and shines with his light from above; likewise, he covers the oceans within his tent.

 

Job 36:31 For he judges the people by these things, and he gives food to a multitude of mortals.

 

Job 36:32 Within his hands, he hides the light, and he commands it to come forth again.

 

Job 36:33 He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.