Furthermore Elihu
answered
and said,
Hear
my words,
O ye wise
men; and give ear
unto me, ye that have knowledge.
For the ear
trieth
words,
as the mouth
tasteth
meat.
Let us choose
to us judgment:
let us know
among ourselves what is good.
For Job
hath said,
I am righteous:
and God
hath taken away
my judgment.
Should I lie
against my right?
my wound
is incurable
without transgression.
What man
is like Job,
who drinketh up
scorning
like water?
Which goeth
in company
with the workers
of iniquity,
and walketh
with wicked
men.
For he hath said,
It profiteth
a man
nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
Therefore hearken
unto me, ye men
of understanding:
far be it
from God,
that he should do wickedness;
and from the Almighty,
that he should commit iniquity.
For the work
of a man
shall he render
unto him, and cause every man
to find
according to his ways.
Yea, surely
God
will not do wickedly,
neither will the Almighty
pervert
judgment.
Who hath given him a charge
over the earth?
or who hath disposed
the whole world?
If he set
his heart
upon man, if he gather
unto himself his spirit
and his breath;
All flesh
shall perish
together,
and man
shall turn again
unto dust.
If now thou hast understanding,
hear
this: hearken
to the voice
of my words.
Shall even he that hateth
right
govern?
and wilt thou condemn
him that is most
just?
Is it fit to say
to a king,
Thou art wicked?
and to princes,
Ye are ungodly?
How much less to him that accepteth
not the persons
of princes,
nor regardeth
the rich
more than
the poor?
for they all are the work
of his hands.
In a moment
shall they die,
and the people
shall be troubled
at midnight,
and pass away:
and the mighty
shall be taken away
without hand.
For his eyes
are upon the ways
of man,
and he seeth
all his goings.
There is no darkness,
nor shadow of death,
where the workers
of iniquity
may hide
themselves.
For he will not lay
upon man
more than right; that he should enter
into judgment
with God.
He shall break in pieces
mighty men
without number,
and set
others
in their stead.
beyond what is ordained
ἐξαίσια
exaisia
Therefore he knoweth
their works,
and he overturneth
them in the night,
so that they are destroyed.
He striketh
them as
wicked men
in the open
sight
of others;
Because they turned back
from him,
and would not consider
any of his ways:
So that they cause the cry
of the poor
to come
unto him, and he heareth
the cry
of the afflicted.
When he giveth quietness,
who then can make trouble?
and when he hideth
his face,
who then can behold
him? whether it be done against a nation,
or against a man
only:
That the hypocrite
reign
not, lest the people
be ensnared.
discontent
δυσκολίας
dyskolias
Surely it is meet to be said
unto God,
I have borne
chastisement, I will not offend
any more:
That which I see
not
teach
thou me: if I have done
iniquity,
I will do
no more.
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense
it, whether thou refuse,
or whether thou choose;
and not I: therefore speak
what thou knowest.
Let men
of understanding
tell
me, and let a wise
man
hearken
unto me.
Job
hath spoken
without knowledge,
and his words
were without wisdom.
My desire
is that Job
may be tried
unto the end
because of his answers
for wicked
men.
For he addeth
rebellion
unto his sin,
he clappeth
his hands among us, and multiplieth
his words
against God.
