Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
Job 36:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I will bring my knowledge from far away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will bring my knowledge from afar and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. American Standard Version (1901) I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. Common English Bible I will draw from my broad knowledge, attribute justice to my maker. Catholic Public Domain Version I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning: and I will prove my Maker just. |
Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
But truly it is the spirit in a mortal, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.
“Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.
The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
‘Can mortals be righteous before God? Can humans be pure before their Maker?
For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you, but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
So the Lord kept watch over this calamity until he brought it upon us. Indeed, the Lord our God is right in all that he has done, for we have disobeyed his voice.
“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed something greater than Solomon is here!
The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he;
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!