1Elihu also proceeded, and said:

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2Bear with me a little while, that I may show thee! For I have yet words in behalf of God.

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

3I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.

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

4Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.

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

5Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.

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

6He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.

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

7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; But establisheth them for ever with kings on the throne, That they may be exalted.

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

8And if they be bound in fetters, And holden in the cords of affliction,

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

9Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;

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

10He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.

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

11If they obey and serve him, They 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 obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.

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

13The corrupt in heart treasure up wrath; They cry not to God, when he bindeth them.

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

14They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.

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

15But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.

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

16He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.

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

17But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.

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

18For if wrath be with him, beware lest he take thee away by his stroke, So that a great ransom shall not save thee!

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

19Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.

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

20Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from 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, turn not thine eyes to iniquity! For this hast thou chosen 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 hath prescribed to him his way? Or who can say to him, "Thou hast done wrong"?

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

24Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.

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

25All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it from afar.

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26Behold, God is great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.

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

27Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;

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

28The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.

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

29Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?

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

30Behold, he spreadeth around himself his light, And he clotheth himself with the depths of the sea.

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

31By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.

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

32His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.

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

33His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.

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