1 Furthermore Elihu 453 answered 6030 and said 559,
2 Hear 8085 my words 4405, O ye wise 2450 men; and give ear 238 unto me, ye that have knowledge 3045.
3 For the ear 241 trieth 974 words 4405, as the mouth 2441 tasteth 2938 meat 398.
4 Let us choose 977 to us judgment 4941: let us know 3045 among ourselves what is good 2896.
5 For Job 347 hath said 559, I am righteous 6663: and God 410 hath taken away 5493 my judgment 4941.
6 Should I lie 3576 against my right 4941? my wound 2671 is incurable 605 without transgression 6588.
7 What man 1397 is like Job 347, who drinketh up 8354 scorning 3933 like water 4325?
8 Which goeth 732 in company 2274 with the workers 6466 of iniquity 205, and walketh 3212 with wicked 7562 men 582.
9 For he hath said 559, It profiteth 5532 a man 1397 nothing that he should delight 7521 himself with God 430.
10 Therefore hearken 8085 unto me, ye men 582 of understanding 3824: far be it 2486 from God 410, that he should do wickedness 7562; and from the Almighty 7706, that he should commit iniquity 5766.
11 For the work 6467 of a man 120 shall he render 7999 unto him, and cause every man 376 to find 4672 according to his ways 734.
12 Yea, surely 551 God 410 will not do wickedly 7561, neither will the Almighty 7706 pervert 5791 judgment 4941.
13 Who hath given him a charge 6485 over the earth 776? or who hath disposed 7760 the whole world 8398?
14 If he set 7760 his heart 3820 upon man, if he gather 622 unto himself his spirit 7307 and his breath 5397;
15 All flesh 1320 shall perish 1478 together 3162, and man 120 shall turn again 7725 unto dust 6083.
16 If now thou hast understanding 998, hear 8085 this: hearken 238 to the voice 6963 of my words 4405.
17 Shall even he that hateth 8130 right 4941 govern 2280? and wilt thou condemn 7561 him that is most 3524 just 6662?
18 Is it fit to say 559 to a king 4428, Thou art wicked 1100? and to princes 5081, Ye are ungodly 7563?
19 How much less to him that accepteth 5375 not the persons 6440 of princes 8269, nor regardeth 5234 the rich 7771 more than 6440 the poor 1800? for they all are the work 4639 of his hands 3027.
20 In a moment 7281 shall they die 4191, and the people 5971 shall be troubled 1607 at midnight 2676 3915, and pass away 5674: and the mighty 47 shall be taken away 5493 without hand 3027.
21 For his eyes 5869 are upon the ways 1870 of man 376, and he seeth 7200 all his goings 6806.
22 There is no darkness 2822, nor shadow of death 6757, where the workers 6466 of iniquity 205 may hide 5641 themselves.
23 For he will not lay 7760 upon man 376 more than right; that he should enter 1980 into judgment 4941 with God 410.
24 He shall break in pieces 7489 mighty men 3524 without number 2714, and set 5975 others 312 in their stead.
25 Therefore he knoweth 5234 their works 4566, and he overturneth 2015 them in the night 3915, so that they are destroyed 1792.
26 He striketh 5606 them as 8478 wicked men 7563 in the open 4725 sight 7200 of others;
27 Because they turned back 5493 from him 310, and would not consider 7919 any of his ways 1870:
28 So that they cause the cry 6818 of the poor 1800 to come 935 unto him, and he heareth 8085 the cry 6818 of the afflicted 6041.
29 When he giveth quietness 8252, who then can make trouble 7561? and when he hideth 5641 his face 6440, who then can behold 7789 him? whether it be done against a nation 1471, or against a man 120 only 3162:
30 That the hypocrite 120 2611 reign 4427 not, lest the people 5971 be ensnared 4170.
31 Surely it is meet to be said 559 unto God 410, I have borne 5375 chastisement, I will not offend 2254 any more:
32 That which I see 2372 not 1107 teach 3384 thou me: if I have done 6466 iniquity 5766, I will do 3254 no more.
33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense 7999 it, whether thou refuse 3588 3988, or whether thou choose 977; and not I: therefore speak 1696 what thou knowest 3045.
34 Let men 582 of understanding 3824 tell 559 me, and let a wise 2450 man 1397 hearken 8085 unto me.
35 Job 347 hath spoken 1696 without knowledge 1847, and his words 1697 were without wisdom 7919.
36 My desire 15 1 is that Job 347 may be tried 974 unto the end 5331 because of his answers 8666 for wicked 205 men 582.
37 For he addeth 3254 rebellion 6588 unto his sin 2403, he clappeth 5606 his hands among us, and multiplieth 7235 his words 561 against God 410.