1 Elihu also|strong="H3254" proceeded|strong="H3254", and|strong="H3254" said,
2 Suffer|strong="H3803" me|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3068" little|strong="H2191", and|strong="H5750" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5750" shew|strong="H2331" thee: for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4405" yet|strong="H5750" somewhat to|strong="H3588" say|strong="H4405" on|strong="H4405" God’s behalf.
3 I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" fetch|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5414" knowledge|strong="H1843" from|strong="H7350" afar|strong="H7350", and|strong="H6664" will|strong="H5414" ascribe|strong="H5414" righteousness|strong="H6664" to|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" Maker|strong="H6466".
4 For|strong="H3588" truly|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3588" words|strong="H4405" are|strong="H5973" not|strong="H3808" false|strong="H8267": one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3808" perfect|strong="H8549" in|strong="H8549" knowledge|strong="H1844" is|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" thee.
5 Behold|strong="H2005", God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3820" mighty|strong="H3524", and|strong="H3820" despiseth|strong="H3988" not|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3808": he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3820" mighty|strong="H3524" in|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H3581" of|strong="H3820" understanding|strong="H3820".
6 He|strong="H5414" preserveth not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" life|strong="H2421" of|strong="H4941" the|strong="H5414" wicked|strong="H7563": but|strong="H3808" giveth|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" afflicted|strong="H6041" their right|strong="H4941".
7 He|strong="H3808" withdraweth|strong="H1639" not|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" eyes|strong="H5869" from|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3427" righteous|strong="H6662": but|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3427" kings|strong="H4428" upon|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" throne|strong="H3678" he|strong="H3808" setteth|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3427" ever|strong="H5331", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5869" exalted|strong="H1361".
8 And|strong="H6040" if they|strong="H3920" be|strong="H2256" bound in|strong="H3920" fetters|strong="H2131", and|strong="H6040" be|strong="H2256" taken|strong="H3920" in|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H2256" affliction|strong="H6040";
9 Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sheweth|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" their|strong="H1992" work|strong="H6467", and|strong="H5046" their|strong="H1992" transgressions|strong="H6588", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3588" behaved themselves|strong="H1992" proudly.
10 He|strong="H3588" openeth|strong="H1540" also|strong="H3588" their|strong="H7725" ear to|strong="H7725" instruction|strong="H4148", and|strong="H7725" commandeth that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" iniquity.
11 If they|strong="H3117" hearken|strong="H8085" and|strong="H3117" serve|strong="H5647" him, they|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H3117" spend|strong="H3615" their|strong="H8085" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H8141" prosperity|strong="H2896", and|strong="H3117" their|strong="H8085" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" pleasures|strong="H5273".
12 But|strong="H3808" if they|strong="H3808" hearken|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808", they|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" perish|strong="H1478" by|strong="H5674" the|strong="H8085" sword|strong="H7973", and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" die|strong="H1478" without|strong="H3808" knowledge|strong="H1847".
13 But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3820" godless|strong="H2611" in|strong="H3808" heart|strong="H3820" lay|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" anger: they|strong="H3588" cry|strong="H7768" not|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" help|strong="H7768" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" bindeth them|strong="H7760".
14 They|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" youth|strong="H5290", and|strong="H5315" their|strong="H4191" life|strong="H5315" perisheth among the|strong="H4191" unclean|strong="H6945".
15 He delivereth|strong="H2502" the|strong="H1540" afflicted|strong="H6041" by|strong="H1540" his|strong="H1540" affliction|strong="H6040", and|strong="H6041" openeth|strong="H1540" their|strong="H1540" ear in|strong="H6041" oppression|strong="H3906".
16 Yea, he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H6862" have|strong="H6862" led thee|strong="H5496" away|strong="H5496" out|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4390" distress|strong="H6862" into a|strong="H3068" broad|strong="H7338" place|strong="H8478", where|strong="H8478" there|strong="H8478" is|strong="H6310" no|strong="H3808" straitness|strong="H4164"; and|strong="H6310" that|strong="H3808" which|strong="H5183" is|strong="H6310" set|strong="H4390" on|strong="H8478" thy|strong="H4390" table|strong="H7979" should be|strong="H3808" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" fatness|strong="H1880".
17 But|strong="H7563" thou art full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" judgment|strong="H4941" of|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" wicked|strong="H7563": judgment|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" justice|strong="H4941" take|strong="H8551" hold|strong="H8551" on thee.
18 Because|strong="H3588" there is|strong="H2534" wrath|strong="H2534", beware|strong="H6435" lest|strong="H6435" thou|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3588" led away|strong="H5186" by|strong="H3588" thy sufficiency|strong="H5607"; neither let|strong="H5186" the|strong="H3588" greatness of|strong="H2534" the|strong="H3588" ransom|strong="H3724" turn|strong="H5186" thee|strong="H5496" aside|strong="H5186".
19 Will|strong="H3808" thy|strong="H6186" riches|strong="H7769" suffice, that thou be not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3808" distress, or|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" forces|strong="H3981" of|strong="H3605" thy strength|strong="H3581"?
20 Desire|strong="H7602" not|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8478" night|strong="H3915", when|strong="H5927" peoples|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" cut off|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5971" their|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478".
21 Take|strong="H8104" heed|strong="H8104", regard|strong="H6437" not|strong="H2088" iniquity: for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" hast thou|strong="H3588" chosen rather|strong="H3588" than|strong="H5921" affliction|strong="H6040".
22 Behold|strong="H2005", God|strong="H4310" doeth loftily in|strong="H3384" his|strong="H3384" power|strong="H3581": who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" a|strong="H3068" teacher|strong="H3384" like|strong="H3644" unto him|strong="H3384"?
23 Who|strong="H4310" hath enjoined|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870"? or|strong="H1870" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" say, Thou hast wrought|strong="H6466" unrighteousness|strong="H5766"?
24 Remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3588" thou|strong="H3588" magnify|strong="H7679" his|strong="H2142" work|strong="H6467", whereof men|strong="H7891" have|strong="H3588" sung|strong="H7891".
25 All|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" looked|strong="H5027" thereon; man|strong="H3605" beholdeth it|strong="H3605" afar|strong="H7350" off|strong="H7350".
26 Behold|strong="H2005", God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H8141" great|strong="H7689", and|strong="H8141" we|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" him|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808"; the|strong="H3045" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3045" years|strong="H8141" is|strong="H8141" unsearchable|strong="H2714".
27 For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" draweth up the|strong="H3588" drops|strong="H5198" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325", which|strong="H4325" distil in|strong="H4306" rain|strong="H4306" from|strong="H4325" his|strong="H3588" vapour:
28 Which|strong="H7227" the|strong="H5921" skies|strong="H7834" pour|strong="H5140" down|strong="H7491" and|strong="H7227" drop|strong="H7491" upon|strong="H5921" man abundantly|strong="H7227".
29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings|strong="H4666" of|strong="H5521" the clouds|strong="H5645", the thunderings of|strong="H5521" his|strong="H5645" pavilion|strong="H5521"?
30 Behold|strong="H2005", he|strong="H5921" spreadeth|strong="H6566" his|strong="H5921" light around|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3220" he|strong="H5921" covereth|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" bottom|strong="H8328" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220".
31 For|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5414" these|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3588" judgeth|strong="H1777" the|strong="H3588" peoples|strong="H5971"; he|strong="H3588" giveth|strong="H5414" meat in|strong="H5414" abundance|strong="H4342".
32 He|strong="H5921" covereth|strong="H3680" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3709" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" lightning; and|strong="H3709" giveth it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" charge|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" strike|strong="H6293" the|strong="H5921" mark|strong="H6293".
33 The|strong="H5921" noise|strong="H7452" thereof|strong="H7452" telleth|strong="H5046" concerning|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" cattle|strong="H4735" also concerning|strong="H5921" the storm that|strong="H5927" cometh|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927".