Job 34:1-37 KJV11 - Bible AI

¹Furthermore Elihu453 answered6030 and said559,

²Hear8085 my words4405, O ye wise2450 men; and give ear238 unto me, ye that have knowledge3045.

³For the ear241 trieth974 words4405, as the mouth2441 tasteth2938 meat398. mouth: Heb. palate

⁴Let us choose977 to us judgment4941: let us know3045 among ourselves what is good2896.

⁵For Job347 hath said559, I am righteous6663: and God410 hath taken away5493 my judgment4941.

⁶Should I lie3576 against my right4941? my wound2671 is incurable605 without transgression6588. my wound: Heb. mine arrow

⁷What man1397 is like Job347, who drinketh up8354 scorning3933 like water4325?

⁸Which goeth732 in company2274 with the workers6466 of iniquity205, and walketh3212 with wicked7562 men582.

⁹For he hath said559, It profiteth5532 a man1397 nothing that he should delight7521 himself with God430.

¹⁰Therefore hearken8085 unto me, ye men582 of understanding3824: far be it2486 from God410, that he should do wickedness7562; and from the Almighty7706, that he should commit iniquity5766. men: Heb. men of heart

¹¹For the work6467 of a man120 shall he render7999 unto him, and cause every man376 to find4672 according to his ways734.

¹²Yea, surely551 God410 will not do wickedly7561, neither will the Almighty7706 pervert5791 judgment4941.

¹³Who hath given him a charge6485 over the earth776? or who hath disposed7760 the whole world8398? the whole: Heb. all of it?

¹⁴If he set7760 his heart3820 upon man, if he gather622 unto himself his spirit7307 and his breath5397; man: Heb. him

¹⁵All flesh1320 shall perish1478 together3162, and man120 shall turn again7725 unto dust6083.

¹⁶If now thou hast understanding998, hear8085 this: hearken238 to the voice6963 of my words4405.

¹⁷Shall even he that hateth8130 right4941 govern2280? and wilt thou condemn7561 him that is most3524 just6662? govern: Heb. bind?

¹⁸Is it fit to say559 to a king4428, Thou art wicked1100? and to princes5081, Ye are ungodly7563?

¹⁹How much less to him that accepteth5375 not the persons6440 of princes8269, nor regardeth5234 the rich7771 more than6440 the poor1800? for they all are the work4639 of his hands3027.

²⁰In a moment7281 shall they die4191, and the people5971 shall be troubled1607 at midnight2676 3915, and pass away5674: and the mighty47 shall be taken away5493 without hand3027. the mighty: Heb. they shall take away the mighty

²¹For his eyes5869 are upon the ways1870 of man376, and he seeth7200 all his goings6806.

²²There is no darkness2822, nor shadow of death6757, where the workers6466 of iniquity205 may hide5641 themselves.

²³For he will not lay7760 upon man376 more than right; that he should enter1980 into judgment4941 with God410. enter: Heb. go

²⁴He shall break in pieces7489 mighty men3524 without number2714, and set5975 others312 in their stead. number: Heb. searching out

²⁵Therefore he knoweth5234 their works4566, and he overturneth2015 them in the night3915, so that they are destroyed1792. destroyed: Heb. crushed

²⁶He striketh5606 them as8478 wicked men7563 in the open4725 sight7200 of others; open: Heb. place of beholders

²⁷Because they turned back5493 from him310, and would not consider7919 any of his ways1870: him: Heb. after him

²⁸So that they cause the cry6818 of the poor1800 to come935 unto him, and he heareth8085 the cry6818 of the afflicted6041.

²⁹When he giveth quietness8252, who then can make trouble7561? and when he hideth5641 his face6440, who then can behold7789 him? whether it be done against a nation1471, or against a man120 only3162:

³⁰That the hypocrite120 2611 reign4427 not, lest the people5971 be ensnared4170.

³¹Surely it is meet to be said559 unto God410, I have borne5375 chastisement, I will not offend2254 any more:

³²That which I see2372 not1107 teach3384 thou me: if I have done6466 iniquity5766, I will do3254 no more.

³³Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense7999 it, whether thou refuse3588 3988, or whether thou choose977; and not I: therefore speak1696 what thou knowest3045. according: Heb. from with thee?

³⁴Let men582 of understanding3824 tell559 me, and let a wise2450 man1397 hearken8085 unto me. of: Heb. of heart

³⁵Job347 hath spoken1696 without knowledge1847, and his words1697 were without wisdom7919.

³⁶My desire15 1 is that Job347 may be tried974 unto the end5331 because of his answers8666 for wicked205 men582. My: or, My father, let Job be tried

³⁷For he addeth3254 rebellion6588 unto his sin2403, he clappeth5606 his hands among us, and multiplieth7235 his words561 against God410.