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1 - Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

2 - Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.

3 - For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.

4 - Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

5 - For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

6 - Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.

7 - What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?

8 - Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

9 - For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

10 - Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.

11 - For the work of a man he shall render to him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.

12 - Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

13 - Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

14 - If he should set his heart upon man, [if] he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;

15 - All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

16 - If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

17 - Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

18 - [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

19 - [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

20 - In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

21 - For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

22 - [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

23 - For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.

24 - He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

25 - Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.

26 - He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

27 - Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

28 - So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

29 - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:

30 - That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.

31 - Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:

32 - [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

33 - [Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

34 - Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken to me.

35 - Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.

36 - My desire [is that] Job may be tried to the end, because of [his] answers for wicked men.

37 - For he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.