Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 36:3 - English Standard Version 2016 I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 更多版本King 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 the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
“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; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to 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, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Every good gift and 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 lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!