1Elihu also continued, and said,

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2"Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God's behalf.

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Job 13:7, Job 13:8, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Job 21:3, Job 13:7

3I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

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James 3:17, James 3:17, James 1:17, James 1:17, Job 8:3

4For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

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Job 37:16, Job 37:16, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:17, Proverbs 8:7

5"Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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Psalms 22:24, Psalms 22:24, Jeremiah 10:12, Psalms 138:6, Jeremiah 10:12

6He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

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Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:14, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 72:14, Job 21:7

7He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

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Psalms 34:15, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 33:18, 1 Samuel 2:8

8If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

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Psalms 107:10, Psalms 107:10, Proverbs 5:22, Proverbs 5:22, Job 13:27

9then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

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Job 15:25, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Job 15:25, 1 Corinthians 11:32, Psalms 119:71

10He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

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Matthew 3:8, Job 36:15, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Matthew 3:8

11If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

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Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 26:13, Isaiah 1:19, Jeremiah 26:13

12But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge.

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Job 4:21, Job 4:21, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 3:11, John 8:21

13"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.

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Job 36:8, Romans 2:5, Job 36:8, Romans 2:5, Numbers 32:14

14They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

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Deuteronomy 23:17, Deuteronomy 23:17, Psalms 55:23, Job 15:32, Job 22:16

15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.

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Job 36:10, Job 36:10, 2 Chronicles 12:8, 2 Chronicles 12:8

16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

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Psalms 23:5, Psalms 23:5, Psalms 118:5, Psalms 118:5, Psalms 18:19

17"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

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Romans 1:32, Revelation 18:4, Romans 1:32, Revelation 18:4, Job 16:5

18Do not let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

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Job 33:24, Romans 1:18, Job 33:24, Romans 1:18, Ephesians 5:6

19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

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Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 11:21, Proverbs 11:21, James 5:3

20Do not desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

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Exodus 12:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Job 34:25, 2 Kings 19:35

21Take heed, do not regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

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Psalms 66:18, Hebrews 11:25, Psalms 66:18, Hebrews 11:25, 1 Peter 3:17

22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

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1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Luke 1:52, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8

23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

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Job 8:3, Isaiah 40:13, Isaiah 40:14, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Job 8:3

24"Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

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Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:3, Luke 1:46, Psalms 145:10, Psalms 145:12

25All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

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26Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

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Psalms 90:2, Psalms 90:2, Psalms 145:3, Psalms 145:3, Job 11:7

27For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

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Psalms 147:8, Job 38:25, Job 38:28, Psalms 147:8, Job 38:25

28Which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.

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Proverbs 3:20, Proverbs 3:20, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:12, Job 37:11

29Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?

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Job 37:16, Job 37:16, Job 37:2, Job 37:5, Job 37:2

30Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

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Psalms 18:11, Psalms 18:16, Psalms 104:5, Psalms 104:9, Job 38:25

31For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

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Psalms 136:25, Acts 14:17, Psalms 136:25, Acts 14:17, Job 37:13

32He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

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Psalms 147:8, Psalms 147:9, Psalms 147:8, Psalms 147:9, Acts 27:20

33Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.

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Job 37:2, Job 37:2, 2 Samuel 22:14, Joel 1:18, Joel 2:22