341Moreover Elihu answered and said,+2Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.+3For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.+4Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.+5For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:+6Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.+7What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,+8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?+9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.+10Therefore 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.+11For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.+12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.+13Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?+14If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;+15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.+16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.+17Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?—+18[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;+19That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.+20In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.+21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.+22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.+23For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.+24He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.+25Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.+26He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;+27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:+28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.+29When 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:+30That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.+31For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:+32That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?+33Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.+34Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:+35Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.+36Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.+37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.+
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