| 36:1 | Elihu Proclaims God's GoodnessResults of Job's Sins Elihu also proceeded and said: |
| 36:2 | Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God's behalf. |
| 36:3 | I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
| 36:4 | For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. |
| 36:5 | Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| 36:6 | He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed. |
| 36:7 | He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted. |
| 36:8 | And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction, |
| 36:9 | Then He tells them their work and their transgressions-- That they have acted defiantly. |
| 36:10 | He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity. |
| 36:11 | If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
| 36:12 | But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. |
| 36:13 | But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them. |
| 36:14 | They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons. |
| 36:15 | He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression. |
| 36:16 | Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness. |
| 36:17 | But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you. |
| 36:18 | Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it. |
| 36:19 | Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress? |
| 36:20 | Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. |
| 36:21 | Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction. |
| 36:22 | Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him? |
| 36:23 | Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, "You have done wrong'? Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty |
| 36:24 | Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung. |
| 36:25 | Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar. |
| 36:26 | Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered. |
| 36:27 | For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist, |
| 36:28 | Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man. |
| 36:29 | Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy? |
| 36:30 | Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea. |
| 36:31 | For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. |
| 36:32 | He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike. |
| 36:33 | His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm. |