The Book of Job

Chapter-34

Job 34:1 After proclaiming these things, Eliu now had this to say:

 

Job 34:2 May the wise hear my words, and may the educated listen to me.

 

Job 34:3 For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.

 

Job 34:4 Let us choose judgment for ourselves, and let us consider among ourselves what is best.

 

Job 34:5 For Job has said: “I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment.

 

Job 34:6 For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”

 

Job 34:7 What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,

 

Job 34:8 who accompanies those who work iniquity, and who walks with impious men?

 

Job 34:9 For he has said, “Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him.”

 

Job 34:10 Therefore, prudent men, hear me: impiety is far from God, and iniquity is far from the Almighty.

 

Job 34:11 For he will restore to man his works, and according to the ways of each, he will repay them.

 

Job 34:12 For truly, God will not condemn in vain, nor will the Almighty repudiate judgment.

 

Job 34:13 What other is established over the earth? Or whom has he placed over the world, which he made?

 

Job 34:14 But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself.

 

Job 34:15 All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.

 

Job 34:16 Therefore, if you have understanding, hear what is said, and heed the sound of my eloquence.

 

Job 34:17 Is he that does not love judgment able to be corrected? And how can you so greatly condemn him who is just?

 

Job 34:18 He says to the king, “You are an apostate.” He calls commanders impious.

 

Job 34:19 He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.

 

Job 34:20 They will die suddenly, and the people will be troubled in the middle of the night, but they will pass through it, and the violent will be taken away without a hand.

 

Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.

 

Job 34:22 There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.

 

Job 34:23 For it is no longer within the power of man to enter into judgment with God.

 

Job 34:24 He will break into many innumerable pieces, and he will cause others to stand up in their place.

 

Job 34:25 For he knows their works, and, as a result, he will bring the night, and they will be crushed.

 

Job 34:26 Just as the impious do, he has struck them in a place where they can be seen.

 

Job 34:27 They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways,

 

Job 34:28 so that they caused the outcry of the needy to reach him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

 

Job 34:29 For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?

 

Job 34:30 He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.

 

Job 34:31 Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.

 

Job 34:32 If I have erred, you may teach me; if I have spoken unfairly, I will add no more.

 

Job 34:33 Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak.

 

Job 34:34 Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.

 

Job 34:35 But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.

 

Job 34:36 My father, let Job be tested even to the end; may you not retreat from a man of iniquity.

 

Job 34:37 For he adds blasphemy on top of his sins; nevertheless, let him be constrained to be among us, and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches.