Job 36 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Elihu continued talking. He said:

² “Be patient with me a little longer.\par God has a few more words\par \{that he wants me to say\}.\par

³ I will share my knowledge with everyone.\par God made me and I will prove\par that God is fair.\par

⁴ Job, I am telling the truth.\par I know what I am talking about.\par

⁵ “God is very powerful,\par but he doesn’t hate people.\par God is very powerful,\par but he is also very wise.\par

⁶ God won’t let evil people live.\par God always treats poor people fairly.\par

⁷ God watches over people who live right.\par He lets good people be rulers.\par God gives good people honor forever.\par

⁸ So if people are punished,\par if they are tied with chains and ropes\par then they did something wrong.\par

⁹ And God will tell them what they did.\par God will tell him that they sinned.\par God will tell him that they were proud.\par

¹⁰ God will force those people\par to listen to his warning.\par He will command them to stop sinning.\par

¹¹ If those people listen to God, and obey him,\par then God will make them successful\par and they will live a happy life.\par

¹² But if those people refuse to obey God,\par then they will be destroyed.\par They will die like fools.\par

¹³ “People that don’t care about God\par are always bitter.\par Even when God punishes them,\par they refuse to pray to God for help.\par

¹⁴ Those people will die\par when they are still young,\par like the male prostitutes. {\cf2\super [75]} \par

¹⁵ But God will humble people\par from their troubles.\par God uses those troubles\par to make people wake up\par and listen to him.\par

¹⁶ “Job, God wants to help you.\par God wants to get you out of trouble.\par God wants to make life easy for you.\par God wants to put plenty of food\par on your table.\par

¹⁷ But now, Job, you were judged guilty.\par So you were punished like an evil man.\par

¹⁸ Job, don’t let riches fool you.\par Don’t let money change your mind.\par

¹⁹ Your money can’t help you now.\par And powerful people can’t help you either!\par

²⁰ Don’t wish for the night to come.\par People try to disappear into the night.\par \{They think they can hide from God.\} {\cf2\super [76]} \par

²¹ Job, you have suffered a lot.\par But don’t choose evil.\par Be careful not to do wrong.\par

²² “Look, God’s power makes him great!\par God is the greatest teacher of all.\par

²³ No person can tell God what to do.\par No person can say to God,\par ‘God, you have done wrong.’\par

²⁴ “Remember to praise God\par for the things he did.\par People have written many songs\par praising God.\par

²⁵ Every person can see what God did.\par People in faraway countries\par can see those things.\par

²⁶ Yes, God is great.\par But we can’t understand his greatness.\par We don’t know how long God has lived.\par

²⁷ “God takes up water from the earth\par and changes it into mist and rain.\par

²⁸ So the clouds pour out the water,\par and the rain falls on many people.\par

²⁹ No person can understand\par how God spreads the clouds out\par or how the thunder rumbles in the sky.\par

³⁰ Look, God spread the lightning\par over the earth and covered\par the deepest part of the ocean.\par

³¹ God uses them to control the nations\par and to give them plenty of food.\par

³² God grabs the lightning with his hands,\par and commands it to hit where he wants.\par

³³ The thunder warns that a storm is coming.\par