New American Standard Bible 1995 | NET Bible |
1Then Elihu continued and said, | 1Elihu answered: |
2"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know. | 2"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men. |
3"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food. | 3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food. |
4"Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good. | 4Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good. |
5"For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God has taken away my right; | 5For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right. |
6Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.' | 6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.' |
7"What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water, | 7What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water! |
8Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men? | 8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men. |
9"For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing When he is pleased with God.' | 9For he says, 'It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.' |
10"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong. | 10"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil. |
11"For He pays a man according to his work, And makes him find it according to his way. | 11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him. |
12"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice. | 12Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. |
13"Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world? | 13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world? |
14"If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, | 14If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath, |
15All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust. | 15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust. |
16"But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words. | 16"If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say. |
17"Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One, | 17Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One, |
18Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' To nobles, 'Wicked ones'; | 18who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,' |
19Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands? | 19who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands? |
20"In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand. | 20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly. |
21"For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps. | 21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps. |
22"There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. | 22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. |
23"For He does not need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment. | 23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment. |
24"He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place. | 24He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place. |
25"Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed. | 25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. |
26"He strikes them like the wicked In a public place, | 26He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see, |
27Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways; | 27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways, |
28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted-- | 28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy. |
29When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?-- | 29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike, |
30So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people. | 30so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. |
31"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne chastisement; I will not offend anymore; | 31"Has anyone said to God, 'I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. |
32Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again '? | 32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.' |
33"Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know. | 33Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know. |
34"Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me, | 34Men of understanding say to me--any wise man listening to me says-- |
35'Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. | 35that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding. |
36'Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because he answers like wicked men. | 36But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men. |
37'For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.'" | 37For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God." |
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