Thematic Bible

Job 36:1

Then Elihu continued, saying:
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Job 36:2

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
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Job 36:3

I will get my knowledge from a distant place
and ascribe justice to my Maker.

Job 36:4

For my arguments are without flaw;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

Job 36:5

Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one;
He understands all things.

Job 36:6

He does not keep the wicked alive,
but He gives justice to the afflicted.

Job 36:7

He does not remove His gaze from the righteous,
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.

Job 36:8

If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,

Job 36:9

God tells them what they have done
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

Job 36:10

He opens their ears to correction
and insists they repent from iniquity.

Job 36:11

If they serve Him obediently,
they will end their days in prosperity
and their years in happiness.

Job 36:12

But if they do not obey,
they will cross the river of death
and die without knowledge.

Job 36:13

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

Job 36:14

They die in their youth;
their life ends among male cult prostitutes.

Job 36:15

God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
He instructs them by their torment.

Job 36:16

Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
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Job 36:17

Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have seized you.
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Job 36:18

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
do not let a large ransom lead you astray.

Job 36:19

Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?

Job 36:20

Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.
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Job 36:21

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by affliction.
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Job 36:22

Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power.
Who is a teacher like Him?

Job 36:23

Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?
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Job 36:24

Remember that you should praise His work,
which people have sung about.
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Job 36:25

All mankind has seen it;
people have looked at it from a distance.
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Job 36:26

Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;
the number of His years cannot be counted.

Job 36:27

For He makes waterdrops evaporate;
they distill the rain into its mist,

Job 36:28

which the clouds pour out
and shower abundantly on mankind.

Job 36:29

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

Job 36:30

See how He spreads His lightning around Him
and covers the depths of the sea.

Job 36:31

For He judges the nations with these;
He gives food in abundance.

Job 36:32

He covers His hands with lightning
and commands it to hit its mark.

Job 36:33

The thunder declares His presence;
the cattle also, the approaching storm.


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