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Job 34	Job 34
Job 34:1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,	Job 34:1 And Elihu made answer and said,
Job 34:2 Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.	Job 34:2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;
Job 34:3 For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.	Job 34:3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
Job 34:4 Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.	Job 34:4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
Job 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:	Job 34:5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
Job 34:6 Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.	Job 34:6 Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.
Job 34:7 What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,	Job 34:7 What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
Job 34:8 Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?	Job 34:8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
Job 34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.	Job 34:9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
Job 34:10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.	Job 34:10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
Job 34:11 For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.	Job 34:11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
Job 34:12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.	Job 34:12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
Job 34:13 Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?	Job 34:13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
Job 34:14 If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;	Job 34:14 If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,
Job 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.	Job 34:15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
Job 34:16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.	Job 34:16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
Job 34:17 Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?-	Job 34:17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
Job 34:18 [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;	Job 34:18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
Job 34:19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.	Job 34:19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Job 34:20 In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.	Job 34:20 Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.	Job 34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
Job 34:22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.	Job 34:22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.
Job 34:23 For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.	Job 34:23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
Job 34:24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.	Job 34:24 He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.
Job 34:25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.	Job 34:25 For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.
Job 34:26 He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;	Job 34:26 The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.
Job 34:27 Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:	Job 34:27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,
Job 34:28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.	Job 34:28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.
Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:	Job 34:29 ...
Job 34:30 That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.	Job 34:30 ...
Job 34:31 For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:	Job 34:31 ...
Job 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?	Job 34:32 ...
Job 34:33 Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.	Job 34:33 ...
Job 34:34 Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:	Job 34:34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,
Job 34:35 Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.	Job 34:35 Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
Job 34:36 Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.	Job 34:36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
Job 34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.	Job 34:37 For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.