F<\/span>urthermore Elihu answered and said,<\/span><\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 35<\/sup>Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.<\/span> <\/p>\n 36<\/sup>My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 37<\/sup>For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.<\/span> <\/p>\n