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34:1  Furthermore Elihu answered and said:
34:2  “Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear unto me, you that have knowledge.
34:3  For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.
34:4  Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us know among ourselves what is good.
34:5  “For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, but God has taken away my judgment.
34:6  Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
34:7  What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
34:8  who goes in company with the workers of iniquity and walks with wicked men?
34:9  For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself in God.’
34:10  “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.
34:11  He will repay a man for his work, and cause every man to find what is according to his ways.
34:12  Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, nor will the Almighty pervert judgment.
34:13  Who has given Him charge over the earth? Or who has set in order the whole world?
34:14  If He sets His heart on man, if He gathers unto Himself His Spirit and His breath,
34:15  all flesh will perish together, and man will turn again to dust.
34:16  “If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words:
34:17  Should he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just?
34:18  Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are wicked’? And to princes, ‘You are ungodly’?
34:19  Yet He is not partial to princes, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of His hands.
34:20  In a moment they will die, and the people will be troubled at midnight and pass away, and the mighty will be taken away without a hand.
34:21  “For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees 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 will break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.
34:25  Therefore He knows their works, and He overturns them in the night so that they are destroyed.
34:26  He strikes 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 hears the cry of the afflicted.
34:29  When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, whether it is done against a nation or against a man only?
34:30  That the hypocrite should not reign, lest the people be ensnared.
34:31  “Should anyone say to God, ‘I have borne chastisement, I will offend no more;
34:32  teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
34:33  Should it be according to your mind? He will repay it, whether you refuse or whether you choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.
34:34  “Let men of understanding say to me, wise men who listen to me:
34:35  ‘Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.’
34:36  My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end, because he answers like wicked men.
34:37  For he adds rebellion unto his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”