Thematic Bible

Job 34:1

Then Elihu continued and said,
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Job 34:2

“Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know.

Job 34:3

“For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.

Job 34:4

“Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.
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Job 34:5

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right;
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Job 34:6

Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
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Job 34:7

“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
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Job 34:8

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
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Job 34:9

“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he is pleased with God.’
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Job 34:10

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.

Job 34:11

“For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way.

Job 34:12

“Surely, God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

Job 34:13

“Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?

Job 34:14

“If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

Job 34:15

All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

Job 34:16

“But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words.

Job 34:17

“Shall one who hates justice rule?
And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

Job 34:18

Who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;

Job 34:19

Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

Job 34:20

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

Job 34:21

“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.

Job 34:22

“There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:23

“For He does not need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment.

Job 34:24

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

Job 34:25

“Therefore He knows their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.

Job 34:26

“He strikes them like the wicked
In a public place,

Job 34:27

Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways;

Job 34:28

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

Job 34:29

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

Job 34:30

So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.

Job 34:31

“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;

Job 34:32

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

Job 34:33

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.
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Job 34:34

“Men of understanding will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me,
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Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom.
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Job 34:36

‘Job ought to be tried to the limit,
Because he answers like wicked men.
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Job 34:37

‘For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”
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