Job 34 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Moreover Elihu answered and said,

² Hear my words, ye wise men;\par\tab And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

³ For the ear trieth words,\par\tab As the palate tasteth food.

⁴ Let us choose for us that which is right:\par\tab Let us know among ourselves what is good.

⁵ For Job hath said, I am righteous,\par\tab And God hath taken away my right:

⁶ Notwithstanding my right I am {\i accounted} a liar;\par\tab My wound is incurable, {\i though I am} without transgression.

⁷ What man is like Job,\par\tab Who drinketh up scoffing like water,

⁸ Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,\par\tab And walketh with wicked men?

⁹ For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing\par\tab That he should delight himself with God.\par

¹⁰ Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:\par\tab Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness,\par\tab And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

¹¹ For the work of a man will he render unto him,\par\tab And cause every man to find according to his ways.

¹² Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly,\par\tab Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

¹³ Who gave him a charge over the earth?\par\tab Or who hath disposed the whole world?

¹⁴ If he set his heart upon himself,\par\tab {\i If} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

¹⁵ All flesh shall perish together,\par\tab And man shall turn again unto dust.\par

¹⁶ If now {\i thou hast} understanding, hear this:\par\tab Hearken to the voice of my words.

¹⁷ Shall even one that hateth justice govern?\par\tab And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous {\i and} mighty?—

¹⁸ {\i Him} that saith to a king, {\i Thou art} vile,\par\tab {\i Or} to nobles, {\i Ye are} wicked;

¹⁹ That respecteth not the persons of princes,\par\tab Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor;\par\tab For they all are the work of his hands.

²⁰ In a moment they die, even at midnight;\par\tab The people are shaken and pass away,\par\tab And the mighty are taken away without hand.\par

²¹ For his eyes are upon the ways of a man,\par\tab And he seeth all his goings.

²² There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,\par\tab Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

²³ For he needeth not further to consider a man,\par\tab That he should go before God in judgment.

²⁴ He breaketh in pieces mighty men {\i in ways} past finding out,\par\tab And setteth others in their stead.

²⁵ Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works;\par\tab And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

²⁶ He striketh them as wicked men\par\tab In the open sight of others;

²⁷ Because they turned aside from following him,\par\tab And would not have regard in any of his ways:

²⁸ So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him,\par\tab And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

²⁹ When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn?\par\tab And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?\par\tab Alike whether {\i it be done} unto a nation, or unto a man:

³⁰ That the godless man reign not,\par\tab That there be none to ensnare the people.\par

³¹ For hath any said unto God, I have borne {\i chastisement}, I will not offend {\i any more}:

³² That which I see not teach thou me:\par\tab If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

³³ Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it?\par\tab For thou must choose, and not I:\par\tab Therefore speak what thou knowest.

³⁴ Men of understanding will say unto me,\par\tab Yea, every wise man that heareth me:

³⁵ Job speaketh without knowledge,\par\tab And his words are without wisdom.

³⁶ Would that Job were tried unto the end,\par\tab Because of his answering like wicked men.

³⁷ For he addeth rebellion unto his sin;\par\tab He clappeth his hands among us,\par\tab And multiplieth his words against God.\par