Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
And
Elihu continued :
Elihu also
continued ,
and
said,
“
Bear with me a little longer
, and I will show you that
there
is
more
to be
said
on God’s
behalf.
"
Bear with me a little, and I will show you ;
For
I
still
have
something
to say
on God's
behalf.
I get my knowledge from afar, and I
will ascribe justice
to my Maker.
I will
get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness
to my Maker.
For truly my words are free
of
falsehood;
one perfect in knowledge is with you.
For truly my words are not
false.
One who
is
perfect in knowledge is with you.
Indeed
, God is mighty, but
He
despises
no
one;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.
"Behold
, God is mighty, and
doesn't
despise
anyone.
He is mighty in strength of understanding.
He does
not
keep
the wicked alive
, but He
grants
justice
to the afflicted.
He doesn't
preserve
the life
of
the
wicked, But gives
to the afflicted their
right
.
He does
not
take
His eyes off
the righteous, but He
enthrones
them
with kings and
exalts
them forever.
He doesn't
withdraw
his eyes from
the righteous, But with kings on
the
throne,
He
sets
them forever ,
and
they
are
exalted
.
And
if men
are bound with
chains
, caught
in cords of affliction
,
If they
are bound in
fetters
, And
are
taken
in the
cords of afflictions
,
then He tells
them their deeds
and how
arrogantly
they have transgressed
.
Then he shows
them their work,
And their
transgressions,
that
they have behaved
themselves
proudly
.
He opens their ears to correction
and commands that they turn
from iniquity.
He also
opens their ears to instruction,
And commands that they return
from iniquity.
If they obey
and serve Him, then
they end
their days in prosperity and their years in happiness
.
If they listen
and serve him, They shall
spend
their days in prosperity ,
And their years in pleasures
.
But if they do
not
obey
, then
they perish by the sword and
die without knowledge.
But if they don't
listen
, they shall
perish by the sword ;
They
shall
die without knowledge.
The
godless in heart harbor
resentment;
even
when
He
binds
them,
they do
not
cry for help.
"But
those
who
are
godless in heart lay
up
anger.
They don't
cry for help when
he
binds
them
.
They die in their
youth ,
among the male
shrine
prostitutes
.
They die in youth .
Their
life
perishes
among the unclean
.
God
rescues
the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears
in oppression.
He
delivers
the afflicted by their affliction ,
And opens their ear
in oppression.
Indeed
, He drew
you from
the
jaws
of distress to
a spacious
and
broad place, to
a
table full of richness
.
Yes
, he would
have
allured
you out
of distress ,
Into
a broad place, where
there
is
no
restriction.
That
which
is
set
on
your
table would
be
full of fatness
.
But now
you are laden
with
the judgment due
the wicked ;
judgment and justice have
seized
you.
"
But you are full
of
the judgment of
the wicked .
Judgment and justice take
hold
of
you.
Be
careful
that
no
one
lures
you
with
riches ;
do
not
let a large
bribe lead
you astray
.
Don't
let
riches entice
you
to
wrath,
Neither
let the
great
size
of
a bribe turn
you aside
.
Can
your wealth or all your mighty
effort
keep
you
from
distress
?
Would
your wealth sustain
you
in
distress,
Or all the
might
of
your strength
?
Do
not
long
for
the night, when people vanish
from
their homes
.
Don't
desire
the night, When people are
cut
off
in
their place
.
Be
careful
not
to
turn
to
iniquity
, for this you have preferred
to
affliction.
Take
heed
, don't
regard
iniquity;
For this you have chosen
rather
than
affliction.
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Who has appointed
His way for Him ,
or told
Him
, ‘
You have done
wrong’
?
Who has prescribed
his way for him ?
Or who
can
say
, '
You have committed
unrighteousness
? '
Remember to
magnify His work, which
men have praised
in
song
.
"
Remember that
you
magnify his work, Whereof
men have sung
.
All mankind
has
seen
it;
men behold
it from
afar.
All men have
looked
thereon.
Man
sees
it afar off
.
Indeed
, God is great —beyond
our
knowledge;
the number of His years is unsearchable.
Behold
, God is great ,
and
we
don't
know
him.
The number of his years is unsearchable.
For He draws up drops of water which distill the
rain from the
mist
,
For he draws up the
drops of water ,
Which distill in
rain from his
vapor
,
which the clouds
pour out
and shower
abundantly
on mankind
.
Which the skies
pour down
And drop
on man
abundantly
.
Furthermore
, who
can understand how
the clouds spread
out
, how
the thunder
roars
from
His pavilion?
Yes
, can any
understand the spreading
of
the
clouds, And
the thunderings
of
his pavilion?
See
how
He scatters
His lightning
around Him and
covers the depths
of the sea.
Behold,
he spreads
his light
around him .
He
covers the bottom
of the sea.
For by these He judges the nations
and
provides
food in abundance.
For by these he judges the people.
He
gives
food in abundance.
He fills
His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its
mark.
He covers
his hands with the
lightning ,
And commands it to strike the
mark.
The thunder
declares
His
presence;
even
the cattle regard
the rising
storm.
The noise
of
it
tells
about
him,
And
the cattle also
concerning
the storm that
comes
up
.
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