36Job 36

1Eliu also proceeded, and said:Select Job 36:1

2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.Select Job 36:2

3I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.Select Job 36:3

4For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.Select Job 36:4

5God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.Select Job 36:5

6But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.Select Job 36:6

7He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.Select Job 36:7

8And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:Select Job 36:8

9He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.Select Job 36:9

10He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.Select Job 36:10

11If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.Select Job 36:11

12But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.Select Job 36:12

13Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.Select Job 36:13

14Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.Select Job 36:14

15He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.Select Job 36:15

16Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.Select Job 36:16

17Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.Select Job 36:17

18Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.Select Job 36:18

19Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.Select Job 36:19

20Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.Select Job 36:20

21Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.Select Job 36:21

22Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.Select Job 36:22

23Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou hast wrought iniquity?Select Job 36:23

24Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.Select Job 36:24

25All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.Select Job 36:25

26Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.Select Job 36:26

27He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:Select Job 36:27

28Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.Select Job 36:28

29If he will spread out clouds as his tent,Select Job 36:29

30And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.Select Job 36:30

31For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.Select Job 36:31

32In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.Select Job 36:32

33He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.Select Job 36:33