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# Job 34 (New King James Version)
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Elihu Proclaims God's Justice
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##### Chapter 34
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###### 1 Elihu further answered and said:
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###### 2 "Hear my words, you wise _men;_
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Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
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###### 3 For the ear tests words
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As the palate tastes food.
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###### 4 Let us choose justice for ourselves;
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Let us know among ourselves what _is_ good.
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###### 5 "For Job has said, 'I am righteous,
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But God has taken away my justice;
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###### 6 Should I lie concerning my right?
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My wound _is_ incurable, _though I am_ without transgression.'
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###### 7 What man _is_ like Job,
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_Who_ drinks scorn like water,
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###### 8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
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And walks with wicked men?
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###### 9 For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing
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That he should delight in God.'
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###### 10 "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:
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Far be it from God _to do_ wickedness,
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And _from_ the Almighty to _commit_ iniquity.
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###### 11 For He repays man _according to_ his work,
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And makes man to find a reward according to _his_ way.
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###### 12 Surely God will never do wickedly,
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Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
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###### 13 Who gave Him charge over the earth?
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Or who appointed _Him over_ the whole world?
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###### 14 If He should set His heart on it,
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_If_ He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
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###### 15 All flesh would perish together,
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And man would return to dust.
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###### 16 "If _you have_ understanding, hear this;
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Listen to the sound of my words:
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###### 17 Should one who hates justice govern?
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Will you condemn _Him who is_ most just?
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###### 18 _Is it fitting_ to say to a king, '_You are_ worthless,'
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_And_ to nobles, '_You are_ wicked'?
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###### 19 Yet He is not partial to princes,
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Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor;
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For they _are_ all the work of His hands.
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###### 20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night;
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The people are shaken and pass away;
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The mighty are taken away without a hand.
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###### 21 "For His eyes _are_ on the ways of man,
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And He sees all his steps.
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###### 22 There is no darkness nor shadow of death
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Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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###### 23 For He need not further consider a man,
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That he should go before God in judgment.
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###### 24 He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
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And sets others in their place.
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###### 25 Therefore He knows their works;
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He overthrows _them_ in the night,
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And they are crushed.
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###### 26 He strikes them as wicked _men_
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In the open sight of others,
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###### 27 Because they turned back from Him,
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And would not consider any of His ways,
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###### 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him;
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For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
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###### 29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble?
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And when He hides _His_ face, who then can see Him,
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Whether _it is_ against a nation or a man alone?--
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###### 30 That the hypocrite should not reign,
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Lest the people be ensnared.
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###### 31 "For has _anyone_ said to God,
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'I have borne _chastening;_
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I will offend no more;
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###### 32 Teach me _what_ I do not see;
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If I have done iniquity, I will do no more'?
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###### 33 Should He repay _it_ according to your _terms,_
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_Just_ because you disavow it?
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You must choose, and not I;
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Therefore speak what you know.
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###### 34 "Men of understanding say to me,
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Wise men who listen to me:
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###### 35 'Job speaks without knowledge,
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His words _are_ without wisdom.'
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###### 36 Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost,
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Because _his_ answers _are like_ those of wicked men!
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###### 37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
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He claps _his hands_ among us,
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And multiplies his words against God."
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