Job 36

¹Continuing in a similar manner, Eliu had this to say:

²Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.

³I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.

⁴For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.

⁵God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.

⁶But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.

⁷He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.

⁸And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,

⁹he will reveal to them their works, as well as their sinfulness, in that they were violent.

¹⁰Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.

¹¹If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.

¹²But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.

¹³The false and the crafty provoke the wrath of God, yet they do not cry out to him when they are chained.

¹⁴Their soul will die in a storm, and their life, among the unmanly.

¹⁵He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.

¹⁶Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.

¹⁷Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.

¹⁸Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.

¹⁹Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.

²⁰Do not prolong the night, even if people rise on their behalf.

²¹Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this.

²²Behold, God is exalted in his strength, and there is no one like him among the law-givers.

²³Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, “You have done iniquity,” to him?

²⁴Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.

²⁵All men consider him; and each one ponders from a distance.

²⁶Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.

²⁷He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;

²⁸they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.

²⁹If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent

³⁰and shines with his light from above; likewise, he covers the oceans within his tent.

³¹For he judges the people by these things, and he gives food to a multitude of mortals.

³²Within his hands, he hides the light, and he commands it to come forth again.

³³He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.

Job 36

¹Eliu also proceeded, and said:

²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.

³I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.

⁴For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.

⁵God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.

⁶But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

⁷He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

⁸And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:

⁹He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.

¹⁰He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.

¹¹If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.

¹²But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.

¹³Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.

¹⁴Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.

¹⁵He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

¹⁶Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

¹⁷Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

¹⁸Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

¹⁹Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.

²⁰Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

²¹Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

²²Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.

²³Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity?

²⁴Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.

²⁵All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.

²⁶Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.

²⁷He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:

²⁸Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.

²⁹If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

³⁰And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.

³¹For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.

³²In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

³³He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.