Job 36

1Elihu also proceeded, and said,

וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַר׃ (466)

2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עֹוד לֶאֱלֹוהַּ מִלִּים׃ (1290)

See also: Job 21:3, Job 13:7-8, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Job 15:17, Job 33:6, Job 33:31-33, Jeremiah 15:19, Ezekiel 2:7, Hebrews 13:22, Exodus 4:16

3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחֹוק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶתֵּן־צֶדֶק׃ (1641)

4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

כִּי־אָמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעֹות עִמָּךְ׃ (1972)

See also: Job 37:16, Job 13:7, Proverbs 8:7-8, Psalms 49:3, 1 Corinthians 14:20, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Job 6:28, Job 13:4, Job 21:27, Job 21:34, Job 22:6-30, Job 33:3, Proverbs 22:20-21, Luke 1:3, Acts 24:22, 2 Corinthians 2:17, Colossians 4:12

5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב׃ (758)

See also: Genesis 18:14, Psalms 22:24, Job 12:13, Psalms 138:6, Jeremiah 10:12, Job 9:4, Job 37:23, Psalms 147:5, Psalms 99:4, Jeremiah 32:19, Job 9:14, Job 26:12-14, Job 31:13, Romans 12:16, Job 9:19, Job 10:3, Job 33:12, 1 Corinthians 1:24-28

6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּן׃ (1709)

See also: 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 72:12-14, Psalms 140:12, 2 Peter 2:9, Exodus 22:22-24, Job 5:15, Job 21:7-9, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 113:7, Job 29:12-17, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 82:1-4, Proverbs 22:22-23, Isaiah 11:4, Jeremiah 12:1-2, Job 21:30, Psalms 10:14-15, Job 8:22

7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

לֹא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּהוּ׃ (1940)

8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹנִי׃ (825)

See also: Psalms 107:14, Job 36:13, Genesis 42:21, Job 13:23, Psalms 107:10, Proverbs 5:22, Job 33:23, Luke 15:18, 2 Samuel 22:6, 2 Chronicles 33:11, Job 13:27, Job 19:6, Job 33:18-19, Psalms 18:5, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 149:8, Lamentations 3:9, Amos 4:9

9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פָּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּרוּ׃ (1480)

See also: 1 Corinthians 11:32, Job 15:25, Psalms 119:71, Deuteronomy 4:21-22, 2 Chronicles 33:11-13, Job 10:2, Psalms 5:10, Psalms 94:12, Psalms 119:67, Isaiah 59:12, Lamentations 3:39-40, Ezekiel 18:28-31, Luke 15:17-19, Romans 5:20, 1 Timothy 1:15

10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

וַיִּגֶל אָזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי־יְשֻׁבוּן מֵאָוֶן׃ (1235)

11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

אִם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטֹּוב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִים׃ (1388)

See also: 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 7:23, Isaiah 1:19, Jeremiah 26:13, Deuteronomy 4:30, Hebrews 11:8, Job 22:23, James 5:5, Deuteronomy 10:12, Job 22:21, Revelation 18:7, Job 11:13-19, Job 42:12, Ecclesiastes 9:2-3, Romans 6:17, Job 21:11, Job 21:13

12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ כִּבְלִי־דָעַת ׃ (1769)

See also: Hosea 4:6, Proverbs 5:23, Job 4:21, Isaiah 3:11, Romans 2:8-9, Deuteronomy 18:15-22, Deuteronomy 29:15-20, Isaiah 1:20, John 8:21-24, Job 15:22, Joel 2:8

13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

וְחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָם׃ (1387)

14They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִׁים׃ (2552)

See also: Deuteronomy 23:17, Job 15:32, Job 22:16, Psalms 55:23, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 19:24-25, Genesis 38:7-10, Leviticus 10:1-2, Leviticus 11:5, Leviticus 13:44, Job 21:23-25

15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעָנְיֹו וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אָזְנָם׃ (683)

See also: Job 33:16, Job 36:10, Psalms 119:32, Daniel 6:27

16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

וְאַף הֲסִיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת לְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָשֶׁן׃ (3299)

See also: Psalms 23:5, Psalms 18:19, Psalms 31:8, 2 Kings 6:1, Psalms 118:5, Psalms 63:5, Isaiah 25:6, Psalms 36:8, Psalms 40:1-3, Job 19:8, Job 42:10-17, Psalms 18:36, Psalms 66:12, Isaiah 55:2, Hosea 2:14, Job 15:11, Job 18:7, 2 Corinthians 6:12, Psalms 4:1

17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹכוּ׃ (2086)

See also: Job 9:19, Malachi 2:17, Romans 1:32, Revelation 18:4, Job 10:3, Job 16:5, Job 22:11, Job 34:8, Job 34:36, Luke 12:58

18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

כִּי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרָב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּךָּ׃ (1533)

See also: Job 33:24, Romans 1:18, Ephesians 5:6, Psalms 49:7-8, Psalms 110:5, Proverbs 11:4, Romans 2:5, Exodus 30:12, Psalms 2:5, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 39:10, Psalms 49:8, Isaiah 14:6, Matthew 3:7, 1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Kings 20:39, Isaiah 30:13, Ezekiel 24:16, Hebrews 2:3

19Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹחַ׃ (1289)

See also: Proverbs 11:4, Job 34:19, Proverbs 11:21, Job 9:13, Psalms 33:16-17, Proverbs 10:2, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 37:36, Zephaniah 1:18, James 5:3, Job 34:20

20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלֹות עַמִּים תַּחְתָּם׃ (2436)

See also: Exodus 12:29, 2 Kings 19:35, Job 34:20, Job 34:25, Job 3:20-21, Job 6:9, Job 7:15, Job 14:13, Job 17:13-14, Job 40:12, Proverbs 14:32, Ecclesiastes 11:3, Daniel 5:30, Luke 12:20, Acts 1:25, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

21Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹנִי׃ (2116)

See also: Hebrews 11:25, Psalms 66:18, 1 Peter 3:17, Matthew 16:24, Job 35:3, Ezekiel 14:4, Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 6:10, Matthew 5:29-30, Matthew 13:21, Acts 5:40-41, Job 34:7-9, 1 Peter 4:15-16

22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחֹו מִי כָמֹהוּ מֹורֶה׃ (819)

23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

מִי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכֹּו וּמִי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָה׃ (1568)

See also: Job 34:10, Romans 9:20, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Job 8:3, Isaiah 40:13-14, Job 34:13-33, Romans 2:5, Romans 11:34, Ephesians 1:11, Job 40:8, Romans 3:5, Romans 9:14

24Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

זְכֹר כִּי־תַשְׂגִּיא פָעֳלֹו אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִׁים׃ (2765)

25Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

כָּל־אָדָם חָזוּ־בֹו אֱנֹושׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֹוק׃ (866)

26Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

הֶן־אֵל גִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵקֶר׃ (1352)

See also: Psalms 90:2, Psalms 145:3, Job 11:7-9, 1 Kings 8:27, Job 37:5, Job 37:23, Psalms 102:27, 1 Corinthians 13:12, Job 26:14, Psalms 102:24-27, Job 10:5, Hebrews 1:12, 2 Peter 3:8, Job 28:26, Job 35:5, Jeremiah 51:16, Daniel 2:45

27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדֹו׃ (965)

See also: Job 37:6, Job 37:11, Psalms 147:8, Proverbs 3:20, Job 5:9, Job 38:25-28, Job 38:34, Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 148:8, Jeremiah 5:24, Zechariah 10:1, Genesis 2:5-6, Job 36:33, Job 37:4, Job 38:26, Isaiah 5:6, Jeremiah 10:13, Jeremiah 14:22, Genesis 7:4

28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

אֲשֶׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי ׀ אָדָם רָב׃ (1735)

See also: Psalms 65:11, Proverbs 3:20, Genesis 7:11-12, Job 5:10, Job 37:11-13

29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאֹות סֻכָּתֹו׃ (2489)

See also: Job 26:14, Job 37:16, 2 Samuel 22:12, Job 26:8, Job 36:33, Job 37:2-5, 1 Kings 18:44-45, Job 38:9, Job 38:37, Psalms 18:13, Psalms 29:3-10, Psalms 77:16-19, Psalms 104:3, Psalms 104:7, Isaiah 40:22, Nahum 1:3, Habakkuk 3:10

30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אֹורֹו וְשָׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּה׃ (1920)

See also: Genesis 1:3, Job 37:15, Genesis 1:9, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:28, Exodus 15:4-5, Job 38:8-11, Job 38:25, Job 38:34-35, Psalms 18:11-16, Psalms 104:5-9, Luke 17:24

31For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּיר׃ (1119)

32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אֹור וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּיעַ׃ (974)

See also: Job 37:11, Job 37:15, Job 38:35, Psalms 18:11, Psalms 135:7, Psalms 147:8-9, Psalms 148:8, Exodus 10:21-23, Job 26:9, Job 28:26, Job 37:12, Job 37:21, Acts 27:20

33The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעֹו מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עֹולֶה׃ (906)

See also: Job 37:2, 2 Samuel 22:14, Job 36:29, 1 Kings 18:41-45, Job 36:27, Jeremiah 14:4-6, Joel 2:22, Joel 1:18