Thematic Bible
Job 36:1 (show verse)
And Elihu continued, and said:
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Job 36:2 (show verse)
"Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
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Job 36:3 (show verse)
I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Job 36:4 (show verse)
For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Job 36:5 (show verse)
"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
Job 36:6 (show verse)
He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
Job 36:7 (show verse)
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Job 36:8 (show verse)
And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction,
Job 36:9 (show verse)
then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
Job 36:10 (show verse)
He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.
Job 36:11 (show verse)
If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
Job 36:12 (show verse)
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Job 36:13 (show verse)
"The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
Job 36:14 (show verse)
They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
Job 36:15 (show verse)
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.
Job 36:16 (show verse)
He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
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Job 36:17 (show verse)
"But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.
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Job 36:18 (show verse)
Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
Job 36:19 (show verse)
Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?
Job 36:20 (show verse)
Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place.
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Job 36:21 (show verse)
Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
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Job 36:22 (show verse)
Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Job 36:23 (show verse)
Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?
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Job 36:24 (show verse)
"Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung.
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Job 36:25 (show verse)
All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar.
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Job 36:26 (show verse)
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
Job 36:27 (show verse)
For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain,
Job 36:28 (show verse)
which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.
Job 36:29 (show verse)
Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
Job 36:30 (show verse)
Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
Job 36:31 (show verse)
For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.
Job 36:32 (show verse)
He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.
Job 36:33 (show verse)
Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.
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