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Iob 34

¹Furthermore Elihu answered, and said,

²Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

³For the eare trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meate.

⁴Let vs chuse to vs iudgement: let vs know among our selues what is good.

⁵For Iob hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my iudgement.

⁶Should I lye against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

⁷What man is like Iob, who drinketh vp scorning like water?

⁸Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men.

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

¹⁰Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of vnderstanding: farre bee it from God, that he should doe wickednes, and from the Almighty, that hee should commit iniquitie.

¹¹For the worke of a man shall he render vnto him, and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes.

¹²Yea surely God will not doe wickedly, neither will the Almighty peruert iudgement.

¹³Who hath giuen him a charge ouer the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?

¹⁴If he set his heart vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;

¹⁵All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turne againe vnto dust.

¹⁶If now thou hast vnderstanding, heare this: hearken to the voyce of my words.

¹⁷Shall euen he that hateth right, gouerne? and wilt thou condemne him that is most iust?

¹⁸Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art wicked? and to Princes, Ye are vngodly?

¹⁹How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of Princes, nor regardeth the rich more then the poore? for they all are the woorke of his hands.

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

²¹For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.

²²There is no darkenes, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquitie may hide themselues.

²³For hee will not lay vpon man more then right; that he should enter into iudgement with God.

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

²⁵Therefore hee knoweth their workes, and he ouerturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

²⁶He striketh them as wicked men, in the open sight of others:

²⁷Because they turned backe from him, and would not consider any of his wayes.

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

²⁹When he giueth quietnesse, who then can make trouble? and when hee hideth his face, who then can beholde him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man onely:

³⁰That the hypocrite raigne not, lest the people be ensnared.

³¹Surely it is meete to be said vnto God, I haue borne chastisement, I will not offend any more.

³²That which I see not, teach thou me; If I haue done iniquitie, I will doe no more.

³³Should it bee according to thy minde? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou chuse, and not I: therefore speake what thou knowest.

³⁴Let men of vnderstanding tell mee, and let a wise man hearken vnto mee.

³⁵Iob hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdome.

³⁶My desire is that Iob may bee tried vnto the ende, because of his answeres for wicked men.

³⁷For he addeth rebellion vnto his sinne, hee clappeth his handes amongst vs, and multiplieth his words against God.