Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
Elihu continued
:
And
Elihu answereth
and
saith
:
“
Hear my
words
, O wise men ;
give ear to me ,
O
men
of
learning
.
Hear, O wise men ,
my
words,
And,
O
knowing
ones,
give ear to me.
For the ear tests
words as
the mouth
tastes
food
.
For the ear doth
try
words ,
And
the palate
tasteth
to
eat
.
Let us choose for ourselves what
is
right;
let us learn
together
what is good.
Judgment
let us choose for ourselves ,
Let us know
among
ourselves
what `
is '
good.
For Job has
declared
, ‘
I am
righteous, yet
God has
deprived
me
of
justice.
For Job hath
said
, `
I have
been
righteous, And
God hath
turned
aside
my
right,
Would
I lie about
my
case
? My
wound
is incurable,
though
I
am
without transgression. ’
Against
my
right
do
I lie? Mortal
`
is '
mine
arrow
--
without transgression. '
What
man
is like Job ,
who
drinks
up
derision
like water ?
Who
`
is '
a
man
like Job ?
He
drinketh
scoffing
like water ,
He keeps
company with evildoers
and
walks
with wicked
men.
And
he hath
travelled
for
company With workers
of
iniquity,
So
as
to
go
with men of
wickedness
.
For he has
said, ‘
It profits
a man nothing
that
he should
delight
in
God. ’
For he hath
said, `
It doth
not
profit
a man ,
When
he delighteth
himself
with
God. '
Therefore listen
to
me
, O men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wrong
, and from the Almighty
to act
unjustly.
Therefore, O men of heart,
hearken
to
me;
Far be it from God to do wickedness
, And `
from '
the Mighty
to do
perverseness:
For according
to
a
man’s
deeds
He repays
him ;
according to a
man’s
ways
He brings
consequences
.
For the
work
of
man
he repayeth
to
him ,
And
according to the
path
of
each
He doth
cause
him
to
find
.
Indeed
, it
is
true
that
God does
not act
wickedly, and the Almighty
does
not pervert justice
.
Yea
, truly,
God doth
not do
wickedly, And the Mighty
doth
not pervert judgment
.
Who gave
Him
charge
over
the earth? Who appointed
Him
over
the whole
world?
Who hath
inspected
for
Himself
the earth? And
who hath
placed
all
the habitable
world?
If He were
to
set His heart to
it
and
withdraw
His Spirit and breath ,
If He doth
set on
him
His heart ,
His spirit and his
breath unto
Him
He
gathereth.
all flesh would
perish
together and mankind
would
return
to the
dust.
Expire
doth
all flesh together ,
And man
to dust returneth
.
If you
have
understanding, hear this ;
listen
to my words.
And
if `there
is'
understanding, hear this ,
Give
ear
to the
voice
of
my words.
Could
one who
hates
justice govern? Will
you
condemn
the just and
mighty
One,
Yea,
doth
one hating
justice govern? Or
the Most
Just dost
thou
condemn?
who says
to kings,
‘You
are
worthless !’
and
to
nobles
, ‘You
are
wicked ,’
Who hath
said
to a
king
--
`
Worthless, '
Unto
princes
--
`
Wicked ?'
who
is
not partial
to
princes and
does
not
favor
rich over
poor ?
For they
are
all
the
work of His hands.
That
hath
not accepted
the
person
of
princes ,
Nor
hath
known
the
rich before
the
poor ,
For a
work of His hands `are'
all
of
them
.
They die in
an
instant
, in
the
middle
of
the
night.
The
people convulse
and pass away ;
the mighty are
removed
without human
hand.
`In'
a
moment
they die, and
at
midnight
Shake
do
people ,
and they
pass away ,
And
they
remove
the mighty without hand.
For His eyes are on the ways of a
man
, and He
sees
his every
step
.
For His eyes `
are '
on the ways of each
, And all
his steps
He
doth
see
.
There is no darkness or
deep
shadow
where
the
workers of iniquity can
hide.
There is no darkness nor
death-shade,
For
workers of iniquity to
be
hidden
there;
For God
need
not examine
a
man further
or
have
him
approach
for
judgment .
For He
doth
not suffer
man any
more,
To
go
unto
God
in
judgment ,
He shatters
the mighty without
inquiry
and sets
up
others in their place
.
He breaketh
the mighty --
no
searching!
And He
appointeth
others in their stead
.
Therefore ,
He recognizes
their deeds;
He overthrows
them
in
the
night and they are crushed
.
Therefore He knoweth
their works,
And
He hath
overturned
by
night ,
And they are bruised
.
He strikes
them for
their
wickedness
in
full
view
,
As
wicked
He hath
stricken
them, In
the
place
of
beholders.
because they turned aside from Him and had
no
regard
for
any
of His ways .
Because that
against
right
They have
turned aside from after
Him ,
And none
of His ways have
considered
wisely,
They
caused
the cry of the poor to
come
before
Him
, and He
heard
the outcry
of the afflicted.
To
cause
to
come
in
unto
Him
The cry of the poor, And the cry
of the afflicted He
heareth
.
But
when
He remains
silent
, who can
condemn
Him
? When
He
hides
His
face, who can
see
Him
? Yet
He
watches
over
both
man
and nation,
And
He giveth
rest
, and
who maketh
wrong
? And
hideth
the
face, and
who beholdeth
it
? And in
reference
to
a
nation and
to
a
man
, `It
is'
the
same.
that
godless
men
should
not
rule
or
lay
snares
for
the people .
From
the reigning
of
a
profane
man,
From
the
snares
of
a
people ;
Suppose
someone
says
to
God ,
‘
I have endured
my
punishment;
I will
offend
no
more.
For
unto
God hath
any
said:
`
I have taken
away,
I do
not
corruptly,
Teach
me
what
I cannot
see ;
if I have done wrong,
I will
not
do it
again.’
Besides
`that
which'
I see ,
shew
Thou
me,
If iniquity
I have done --
I do not
add?'
Should
God
repay
you
on
your
own
terms
when
you
have
disavowed
His?
You
must
choose, not I ;
so
tell
me
what you
know
.
By
thee
doth
He
recompense,
That
thou
hast
refused
--
That
thou
dost
choose, and
not I ?
And
what thou
hast
known,
speak
.
Men of understanding
will
declare
to me, and the
wise men
who
hear
me will
say:
Let
men of heart
say
to me, And a
wise man
is
hearkening
to
me .
‘
Job speaks
without
knowledge ;
his words lack
insight
. ’
Job --
not
with
knowledge doth
he
speak,
And
his words `are'
not
with
wisdom
.
If
only
Job were
tried to
the
utmost
for answering
like
a
wicked
man.
My
Father!
let
Job be
tried --
unto
victory,
Because
of
answers
for men
of
iniquity,
For he adds
rebellion
to his sin ;
he
claps
his
hands
among us and multiplies
his words
against
God. ”
For he doth
add
to his sin ,
Transgression
among us he
vomiteth,
And multiplieth
his sayings
to
God.
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