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34:1  Furthermore, Elihu answered and said:
34:2  “Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
34:3  For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
34:4  Let us choose for us judgment; let us know among ourselves what is good.
34:5  For Job hath said, ‘I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment.
34:6  Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, without transgression.’
34:7  What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water,
34:8  who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men?
34:9  For he hath said, ‘It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
34:10  “Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding; far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.
34:11  For the work of a man shall He render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
34:12  Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
34:13  Who hath given Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
34:14  If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his Spirit and his breath,
34:15  all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
34:16  “If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words:
34:17  Shall even he that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
34:18  Is it fit to say to a king, ‘Thou art wicked’? And to princes, ‘Ye are ungodly’?
34:19  How much less to Him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor! For they all are the work of His hands.
34:20  In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
34:21  “For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He seeth all his goings.
34:22  There is no darkness, nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
34:23  For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.
34:24  He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
34:25  Therefore He knoweth their works, and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
34:26  He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
34:27  because they turned back from Him, and would not consider any of His ways,
34:28  so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.
34:29  When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him, whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only?—
34:30  that the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
34:31  “Surely it is meet to be said unto God, ‘I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more.
34:32  That which I see not, teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.’
34:33  Should it be according to thy mind? He will recompense it, whether thou refuse or whether thou choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.
34:34  Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
34:35  “Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
34:36  My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end, because of his answers for wicked men.
34:37  For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.”