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Elihu Speaks of God’s Dealings with Men | ||||
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| 1 Then Elihu continued and said, | 1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, | 1 Elihu continued to speak [to Job], | 1 Elihu also continued, and said, | 1 And Elihu proceeded and said, | 2 "Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf. | 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. | 2 "Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's defense. | 2 "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God's behalf. | 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for +God. | 3 "I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | 3 I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair. | 3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator. | 4 "For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. | 4 Certainly, my words are not lies. The one who knows everything is [speaking] with you. | 4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | 4 For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee. | 5 "Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding. | 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. | 5 "Certainly, God is mighty. He doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty and brave. | 5 "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. | 5 Lo, �God is mighty, but despiseth not any; mighty in strength of understanding: | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted. | 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. | 6 He doesn't allow the wicked person to live. He grants justice to those who are oppressed. | 6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right. | 6 He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted. | 7 "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. | 7 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. | 7 He doesn't take his eyes off righteous people. He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever. | 7 He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted. | 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted. | 8 "And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, | 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; | 8 However, if righteous people are bound in chains and tangled in ropes of misery, | 8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions, | 8 And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction, | 9 Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. | 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. | 9 he tells them what they've done wrong and that they've behaved arrogantly. | 9 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. | 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased. | 10 "He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil. | 10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. | 10 He makes them listen to his warning and orders them to turn away from wrong. | 10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity. | 10 And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures. | 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. | 11 "If righteous people listen and serve [him], they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort. | 11 If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. | 11 If they hearken and serve him, they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. | 12 "But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge. | 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. | 12 But if they don't listen, they will cross the River [of Death] and die like those who have no knowledge. | 12 But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge. | 12 But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge. | 13 "But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them. | 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. | 13 But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don't even call for help when he chains them up. | 13 "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them. | 13 But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them: | 14 "They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes. | 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. | 14 They die while they're young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols. | 14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. | 14 Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean. | 15 "He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression. | 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. | 15 He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress. | 15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression. | 15 But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in their oppression. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness. | 16 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. | 16 "Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble into an open area where you were not restrained, and your table was covered with rich foods. | 16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness. | 16 Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table would be full of fatness. | 17 "But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you. | 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. | 17 But you are given the judgment evil people deserve. A fair judgment will be upheld. | 17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. | 17 But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. | 18 "Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. | 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. | 18 Be careful that you are not led astray with riches. Don't let a large bribe turn you [to evil ways]. | 18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. | 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee. | 19 "Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength? | 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. | 19 Will your riches save you from having to suffer? Will all your mighty strength help you? | 19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength? | 19 Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength! | 20 "Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place. | 20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. | 20 Don't look forward to the night, when people disappear from their places. | 20 Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place. | 20 Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 "Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you have preferred this to affliction. | 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. | 21 Be careful! Don't turn to evil, because you have chosen evil instead of suffering. | 21 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction. | 21 Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. | 22 "Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him? | 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? | 22 "God does great things by his power. Is there any teacher like him? | 22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? | 22 Lo, �God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he? | 23 "Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, 'You have done wrong '? | 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? | 23 Who can tell him which way he should go? Who can say to him, 'You did wrong'? | 23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?' | 23 Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? | 24 "Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung. | 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. | 24 Remember that you should praise his work. People have sung about it. | 24 "Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung. | 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate. | 25 "All men have seen it; Man beholds from afar. | 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. | 25 Every person has seen it. Mortals have looked at it from a distance. | 25 All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. | 25 All men look at it; man beholdeth it afar off. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 "Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. | 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. | 26 "Certainly, God is so great that he is beyond our understanding. The number of his years cannot be counted. | 26 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. | 26 Lo, �God is great, and we comprehend him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. | 27 "For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist, | 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: | 27 He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist, | 27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor, | 27 For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth, | 28 Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly. | 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. | 28 which then drips from the clouds. It pours down on many people. | 28 Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly. | 28 Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly. | 29 "Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? | 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? | 29 Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place? | 29 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion? | 29 But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the crashing of his pavilion? | 30 "Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea. | 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. | 30 Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around him and covers the depths of the sea. | 30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. | 30 Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 31 "For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance. | 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. | 31 This is how he uses the rains to provide for people and to give them more than enough food. | 31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. | 31 For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance. | 32 "He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. | 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. | 32 He fills his hands with lightning and orders it to hit the target. | 32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark. | 32 His hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike. | 33 "Its noise declares His presence; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up. | 33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. | 33 The thunder announces his coming. The storm announces his angry wrath. | 33 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up. | 33 His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming. |
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