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