Thematic Bible
Job 36:1 (show verse)
Then Elihu continued and said,
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Job 36:2 (show verse)
"Bear with me a little longer, and {I will explain}, for {I still have something to say on God's behalf}.
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Job 36:3 (show verse)
I will bring my knowledge from far away, and I will ascribe righteousness to my maker,
Job 36:4 (show verse)
for truly my words [are] not falsehood; [one who has] perfect knowledge [is] with you.
Job 36:5 (show verse)
Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.
Job 36:6 (show verse)
He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.
Job 36:7 (show verse)
He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.
Job 36:8 (show verse)
"And if [they] are tied up with fetters, [if] they are caught in [the] cords of misery,
Job 36:9 (show verse)
then he declares their work to them, and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
Job 36:10 (show verse)
So he opens their ear to the discipline, and he commands that they return from mischief.
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 they pass away without knowledge.
Job 36:13 (show verse)
And [the] godless of heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
Job 36:14 (show verse)
{They die in their youth}, and their life [ends] among the male shrine prostitutes.
Job 36:15 (show verse)
He delivers [the] afflicted by his misery, and he opens their ears by the adversity.
Job 36:16 (show verse)
And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.
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Job 36:17 (show verse)
But you are obsessed with [the] judgment of [the] wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.
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Job 36:18 (show verse)
Yes, [it is] wrath, so that it will not incite you into mockery; and do not let [the] ransom's greatness turn you aside.
Job 36:19 (show verse)
Will your cry for help sustain [you] without distress, or all [the] efforts of [your] strength?
Job 36:20 (show verse)
You must not long for the night, to cut off people {in their place}.
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Job 36:21 (show verse)
Take care, you must not turn to mischief, for because of this you have been tried by misery.
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Job 36:22 (show verse)
"Look, God is exalted in his power; who [is] a teacher like him?
Job 36:23 (show verse)
Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who says, 'You have done wrong'?
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Job 36:24 (show verse)
Remember that you should extol his work, [of] which people have sung.
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Job 36:25 (show verse)
All human beings have looked on it; everyone watches from afar.
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Job 36:26 (show verse)
"Look, God [is] exalted, and we do not know [him]; the number of his years is unsearchable.
Job 36:27 (show verse)
Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,
Job 36:28 (show verse)
which [the] clouds pour down; they shower abundantly on human beings.
Job 36:29 (show verse)
"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place?
Job 36:30 (show verse)
Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.
Job 36:31 (show verse)
Indeed, he judges people by them; he gives food {in abundance}.
Job 36:32 (show verse)
He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.
Job 36:33 (show verse)
His thundering tells about him; [the] livestock also [tell] {concerning what rises}.
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