New King James Version | English Standard Version |
1Elihu also proceeded and said: | 1And Elihu continued, and said: |
2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf. | 2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf. |
3I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | 3I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
4For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | 4For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. |
5“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. | 5“Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. |
6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed. | 6He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. |
7He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted. | 7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted. |
8And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction, | 8And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, |
9Then He tells them their work and their transgressions— That they have acted defiantly. | 9then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. |
10He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity. | 10He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. |
11If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. | 11If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. |
12But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. | 12But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. |
13“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them. | 13“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them. |
14They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons. | 14They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes. |
15He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression. | 15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. |
16“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness. | 16He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness. |
17But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you. | 17“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you. |
18Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it. | 18Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. |
19Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress? | 19Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength? |
20Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. | 20Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place. |
21Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction. | 21Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction. |
22“Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him? | 22Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? |
23Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’? | 23Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’? |
24“Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung. | 24“Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung. |
25Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar. | 25All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar. |
26“Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered. | 26Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. |
27For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist, | 27For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, |
28Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man. | 28which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. |
29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy? | 29Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? |
30Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea. | 30Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. |
31For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. | 31For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. |
32He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike. | 32He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. |
33His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm. | 33Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises. |
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