Part 32

18:035:016 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

18:036:001 Elihu also proceeded, and said,

18:036:002 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

18:036:003 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

18:036:004 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

18:036:005 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

18:036:006 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

18:036:007 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

18:036:008 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

18:036:009 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

18:036:010 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

18:036:011 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

18:036:012 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

18:036:013 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

18:036:014 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

18:036:015 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

18:036:016 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

18:036:017 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

18:036:018 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

18:036:019 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

18:036:020 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

18:036:021 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

18:036:022 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

18:036:023 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

18:036:024 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

18:036:025 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

18:036:026 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

18:036:027 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: