| 1 | Furthermore Elihu answered and said, |
| 2 | Hear my words, O ye wise {men}; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
| 3 | For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. |
| 4 | Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what {is} good. |
| 5 | For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. |
| 6 | Should I lie against my right? my wound {is} incurable without transgression. |
| 7 | What man {is} like Job, {who} drinketh up scorning like water? |
| 8 | Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. |
| 9 | For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to {his} ways. |
| 12 | Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. |
| 13 | Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? |
| 14 | If he set his heart upon man, {if} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; |
| 15 | All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. |
| 16 | If now {thou hast} understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. |
| 17 | Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? |
| 18 | {Is it fit} to say to a king, {Thou art} wicked? {and} to princes, {Ye are} ungodly? |
| 19 | {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. |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | For his eyes {are} upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. |
| 22 | {There is} no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
| 23 | For he will not lay upon man more {than right}; that he should enter into judgment with God. |
| 24 | He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. |
| 25 | Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth {them} in the night, so that they are destroyed. |
| 26 | He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; |
| 27 | Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: |
| 28 | So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
| 29 | 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: |
| 30 | That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. |
| 31 | Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne {chastisement}, I will not offend {any more}: |
| 32 | {That which} I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. |
| 33 | {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. |
| 34 | Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. |
| 35 | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words {were} without wisdom. |
| 36 | My desire {is that} Job may be tried unto the end because of {his} answers for wicked men. |
| 37 | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth {his hands} among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |