Thematic Bible
Job 36:1 (show verse)
ELIHU TALKS EVEN MORE:
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Job 36:2 (show verse)
Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's behalf.
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Job 36:3 (show verse)
I get my knowledge from afar. I ascribe justice to my Maker.
Job 36:4 (show verse)
Be assured that my words are not false! One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Job 36:5 (show verse)
God is mighty, but does not despise men. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Job 36:6 (show verse)
He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
Job 36:7 (show verse)
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous. He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Job 36:8 (show verse)
But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
Job 36:9 (show verse)
he tells them what they have done, that they have sinned arrogantly.
Job 36:10 (show verse)
He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
Job 36:11 (show verse)
If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
Job 36:12 (show verse)
However if they do not obey, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Job 36:13 (show verse)
The godless in heart harbor resentment. Even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
Job 36:14 (show verse)
They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
Job 36:15 (show verse)
But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
Job 36:16 (show verse)
He would bring you out of the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
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Job 36:17 (show verse)
Now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked. Judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
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Job 36:18 (show verse)
Be careful that no one entices you by riches. Do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
Job 36:19 (show verse)
Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
Job 36:20 (show verse)
Do not desire the night, to drag people away from their homes.
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Job 36:21 (show verse)
Do not turn to evil. You seem to prefer evil to affliction.
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Job 36:22 (show verse)
God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Job 36:23 (show verse)
Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him: You have done wrong?
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Job 36:24 (show verse)
Remember to extol his work, which men have praised in song.
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Job 36:25 (show verse)
All mankind has seen it. Men gaze on it from afar.
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Job 36:26 (show verse)
How great is God! He is beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
Job 36:27 (show verse)
He draws up drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams.
Job 36:28 (show verse)
The clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
Job 36:29 (show verse)
Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
Job 36:30 (show verse)
See how he scatters his lightning, bathing the depths of the sea.
Job 36:31 (show verse)
This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.
Job 36:32 (show verse)
He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
Job 36:33 (show verse)
His thunder announces the coming storm. Even the cattle make known its approach.
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