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Job 34:1 (show verse)

Then Elihu continued, saying:
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Job 34:2 (show verse)

Hear my words, you wise men,
and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

Job 34:3 (show verse)

Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

Job 34:4 (show verse)

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
let us decide together what is good.
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Job 34:5 (show verse)

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.
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Job 34:6 (show verse)

Would I lie about my case?
My wound is incurable,
though I am without transgression.”
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Job 34:7 (show verse)

What man is like Job?
He drinks derision like water.
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Job 34:8 (show verse)

He keeps company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men.
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Job 34:9 (show verse)

For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”
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Job 34:10 (show verse)

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

Job 34:11 (show verse)

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

Job 34:12 (show verse)

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

Job 34:13 (show verse)

Who gave Him authority over the earth?
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

Job 34:14 (show verse)

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

Job 34:15 (show verse)

every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.

Job 34:16 (show verse)

If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I have to say.

Job 34:17 (show verse)

Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

Job 34:18 (show verse)

who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?

Job 34:19 (show verse)

God is not partial to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.

Job 34:20 (show verse)

They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.

Job 34:21 (show verse)

For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.

Job 34:22 (show verse)

There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.

Job 34:23 (show verse)

God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.

Job 34:24 (show verse)

He shatters the mighty without an investigation
and sets others in their place.

Job 34:25 (show verse)

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds
and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.

Job 34:26 (show verse)

In full view of the public,
He strikes them for their wickedness,

Job 34:27 (show verse)

because they turned aside from following Him
and did not understand any of His ways

Job 34:28 (show verse)

but caused the poor to cry out to Him,
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29 (show verse)

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Job 34:30 (show verse)

so that godless men should not rule
or ensnare the people.

Job 34:31 (show verse)

Suppose someone says to God,
“I have endured my punishment;
I will no longer act wickedly.

Job 34:32 (show verse)

Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

Job 34:33 (show verse)

Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
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Job 34:34 (show verse)

Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,
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Job 34:35 (show verse)

“Job speaks without knowledge;
his words are without insight.”
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Job 34:36 (show verse)

If only Job were tested to the limit,
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
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Job 34:37 (show verse)

For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps in our presence,
while multiplying his words against God.
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