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Job 34:1-37 — Elihu's Second Speech

Job.34.1-37

¹Then Elihu responded: ²“Hear my words, you wise men; and you who have knowledge, give ear to me. ³For the ear tests words, as the palate tastes food. ⁴Let us choose for ourselves justice; let us know among ourselves what is good. ⁵For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, and God has taken away my justice. ⁶In spite of my justice, I am considered a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’ ⁷What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water, ⁸who travels in company with workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men? ⁹For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.’ ¹⁰“Therefore, you men of understanding, listen to me: Far be it from God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to do wrong. ¹¹For he repays a man according to his work, and brings upon a man according to his ways. ¹²Truly, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice. ¹³Who gave him charge over the earth? And who appointed him over the whole world? ¹⁴If he were to set his heart upon himself, if he were to gather to himself his spirit and his breath, ¹⁵all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust. ¹⁶“If you have understanding, hear this; give ear to the voice of my words. ¹⁷Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty One, ¹⁸who says to a king, ‘Worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘Wicked!’? ¹⁹who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich before the poor , for they are all the work of his hands? ²⁰In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are removed without a human hand. ²¹“For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. ²²There is no darkness, nor deep shadow, where the workers of iniquity can hide themselves. ²³For he does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment. ²⁴He shatters the mighty without inquiry, and sets others in their place. ²⁵Therefore he recognizes their deeds; he overthrows them in the night, and they are crushed. ²⁶He strikes them for their wickedness in the open sight of others, ²⁷because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways, ²⁸causing the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted. ²⁹When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can see him? Whether it is against a nation or a man alike, ³⁰so that a godless man may not rule, and that there be no snares for the people. ³¹“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend anymore; ³²teach me what I do not see; if I have done wrong, I will do it no more’? ³³Should he repay on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know. ³⁴Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who hears me will say: ³⁵‘Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without insight.’ ³⁶Would that Job were tried to the limit, because his answers are like those of wicked men. ³⁷For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”

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4/11/2026

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