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