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Job 34

1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
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2 Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear to me, you that have knowledge.
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3 For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat.
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4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
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5 For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment.
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6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
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7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?
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8 Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.
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9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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10 Therefore listen to me you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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11 For the work of a man shall he render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
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12 Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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13 Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?
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14 If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
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15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.
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16 If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words.
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17 Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?
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18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?
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19 How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
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20 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.
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21 For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.
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22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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23 For he will not lay on man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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25 Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.
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29 When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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31 Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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32 That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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33 Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know.
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34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.
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35 Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
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36 My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men.
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37 For he adds rebellion to his sin, he clapps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.
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