Job 34
1 Furthermore Elihu responded, and said: —
Moreouer Elihu answered, and saide,
2 Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
3 For, the ear, trieth words, as, the palate, tasteth in eating.
For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
4 What is right, let us choose for ourselves, Let us know, among ourselves, what is good;
Let vs seeke iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good.
5 For Job hath said—I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;
For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
6 Concerning mine own right, shall I tell a falsehood? Incurable is my disease—not for any transgression.
Should I lye in my right? my wound of the arrowe is grieuous without my sinne.
7 What man is like Job? He drinketh in scoffing like water;
What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
8 And is on the way to keep company, with the workers of iniquity, and to walk with lawless men.
Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?
9 For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.
For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
10 Wherefore, ye men of mind, hearken unto me, —Far be it, that, GOD, should be lawless, or, the Almighty, be perverse!
Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.
11 For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man’s course, he causeth him to find.
For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.
12 Nay, verily, GOD, will not condemn unjustly, —nor, the Almighty, pervert justice.
And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
13 Who set him in charge of the earth? Or who appointed [him] the whole world?
Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?
14 If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw.
If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
15 All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth-born, unto dust, would return.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall returne vnto dust.
16 If then [thou hast] understanding, hear this, Give thou ear to the teaching of my words: —
And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
17 Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just—the mighty one, wilt thou condemn?
Shal he that hateth iudgement, gouerne? and wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?
18 Doth one say to a king, Abandoned one! Or, Lawless one! unto nobles?
Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly?
19 For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.
How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
20 In a moment, they die, even in the middle of the night, —A people are convulsed when they pass away, A mighty one is removed, without hand;
They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.
21 For, his eyes, are on the ways of a man, and, all his footsteps, he beholdeth, —
For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 No darkness, and no death-shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide.
There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
23 For, unto no man, doth he appoint a repetition, —in going unto GOD in judgment;
For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into iudgement with God.
24 He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead:
He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.
25 Therefore, he observeth their works, —and overturneth [them] in a night, and they are crushed;
Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.
26 In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.
He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
27 Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;
Because they haue turned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:
28 Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth.
So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
29 When, he, giveth quiet, who then shall condemn? And, when he hideth [his] face, who then shall sing of him? whether unto a nation or unto mankind altogether,
And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?
30 That impious men may not reign, nor be ensnarers of the people.
Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.
31 For, unto GOD, hath one [ever] said—I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;
Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
32 What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?
But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
33 According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!
Wil he performe the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued it, because that thou hast chosen, and not I. now speake what thou knowest.
34 The men of mind, will say to me, yea any wise man hearkening unto me: —
Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.
35 Job, without knowledge, doth speak, and, his words, are not with discretion.
Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
36 Would that Job might be tested to the uttermost, for replying with the men of iniquity:
I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.
37 For he addeth—unto his sin—rebellion, In our midst, he clappeth his hands, and multiplieth his sayings against GOD.
For he addeth rebellion vnto his sinne: he clappeth his handes among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God.
