Job 36
New International Version - Job 36 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142 36:1 Elihu continued: 36:2 'Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's behalf. 36:3 I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker. 36:4 Be assured that my words are not false; one perfect in knowledge is with you. 36:5 'God is mighty, but does not despise men; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose. 36:6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights. 36:7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. 36:8 But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction, 36:9 he tells them what they have done- that they have sinned arrogantly. 36:10 He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil. 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment. 36:12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge. 36:13 'The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help. 36:14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines. 36:15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction. 36:16 'He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food. 36:17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you. 36:18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. 36:19 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress? 36:20 Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes. 36:21 Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction. 36:22 'God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? 36:23 Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, 'You have done wrong'? 36:24 Remember to extol his work, which men have praised in song. 36:25 All mankind has seen it; men gaze on it from afar. 36:26 How great is God-beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out. 36:27 'He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ; 36:28 the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind. 36:29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion? 36:30 See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea. 36:31 This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance. 36:32 He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark. 36:33 His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.