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Job 34:1 (BSB)
Then Elihu continued:

Job 34:2 (BSB)
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.

Job 34:3 (BSB)
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

Job 34:4 (BSB)
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.

Job 34:5 (BSB)
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 34:6 (BSB)
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Job 34:7 (BSB)
What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

Job 34:8 (BSB)
He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

Job 34:9 (BSB)
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

Job 34:10 (BSB)
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.

Job 34:11 (BSB)
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

Job 34:12 (BSB)
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

Job 34:13 (BSB)
Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?

Job 34:14 (BSB)
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Job 34:15 (BSB)
all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Job 34:16 (BSB)
If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.

Job 34:17 (BSB)
Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

Job 34:18 (BSB)
who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

Job 34:19 (BSB)
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Job 34:20 (BSB)
They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

Job 34:21 (BSB)
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

Job 34:22 (BSB)
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Job 34:23 (BSB)
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

Job 34:24 (BSB)
He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

Job 34:25 (BSB)
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

Job 34:26 (BSB)
He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

Job 34:27 (BSB)
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.

Job 34:28 (BSB)
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29 (BSB)
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Job 34:30 (BSB)
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

Job 34:31 (BSB)
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.

Job 34:32 (BSB)
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

Job 34:33 (BSB)
Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.

Job 34:34 (BSB)
Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:

Job 34:35 (BSB)
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’

Job 34:36 (BSB)
If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

Job 34:37 (BSB)
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

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