1 Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
10 God omnipotent cannot be unjust
31 Man must humble himself unto God
34 Elihu reproves Job

2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Pr 1:5 1Co 10:15 14:20

3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

the ear 6:30 12:11 1Co 2:15 Heb 5:14

mouth. Heb. palate 31:30 33:2 *marg:

4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

choose 36 Jud 19:30 20:7 1Co 6:2-5 Ga 2:11-14 1Th 5:21

know Isa 11:2-5 Joh 7:24 Ro 12:2

5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

I 10:7 11:4 16:17 29:14 32:1 33:9

God 9:17 27:2

6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

I 27:4-6

wound. Heb. arrow 6:4 16:13

7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

15:16 De 29:19 Pr 1:22 4:17

8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

2:10 11:3 15:5 Ps 1:1 26:4 50:18 73:12-15 Pr 1:15 2:12 4:14 Pr 13:20 1Co 15:33

9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

It 9:22,23,30,31 21:14-16,30 22:17 35:3 Mal 3:14

delight 27:10 Ps 37:4

10 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.

understanding. Heb. heart 2,3,34 Pr 6:32 15:32 *marg:

far 8:3 36:23 37:23 Ge 18:25 De 32:4 2Ch 19:7 Ps 92:15 Jer 12:1 Ro 3:4,5 9:14 Jas 1:13

11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

the work 33:26 Ps 62:12 Pr 24:12 Jer 32:19 Eze 33:17-20 Mt 16:27 Ro 2:6 2Co 5:10 1Pe 1:17 Re 22:12

cause Pr 1:31 Ga 6:7,8

12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

surely Ps 11:7 145:17 Hab 1:12,13

pervert 8:3

13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

Who hath given 36:23 38:4 *etc: 40:8-11 1Ch 29:11 Pr 8:23-30 Isa 40:13,14 Da 4:35 Ro 11:34-36

the whole world. Heb. the world, all of it

14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

set 7:17 9:4

upon man. Heb. upon him. he gather Ps 104:29 Isa 24:22

15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

30:23 Ge 3:19 Ps 90:3-10 Ec 12:7 Isa 27:4 57:16

16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

12:3 13:2-6

17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

even Ge 18:25 2Sa 23:3 Ro 3:5-7

govern. Heb. bind. wilt 1:22 40:8 2Sa 19:21 Ro 9:14

18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Ex 22:28 Pr 17:26 Ac 23:3,5 Ro 13:7 1Pe 2:17 2Pe 2:10 Jude 1:8

19 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.

accepteth 13:8 De 10:17 2Ch 19:7 Ac 10:34 Ro 2:11 Ga 2:6 Eph 6:9 Col 3:25 1Pe 1:17 Heb 12:28

princes 12:19,21 Ps 2:2-4 Ec 5:8 Isa 3:14

regardeth 36:19 Ps 49:6,7 Jas 2:5

they 31:15 Pr 14:31 22:2

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.

a moment Ps 73:19 Isa 30:13 37:38 Da 5:30 Lu 12:20 Ac 12:23 1Th 5:2 2Pe 2:3

troubled Ex 12:29,30 Isa 37:36 Mt 25:6 Lu 17:26-29

the mighty shall be taken away. Heb. they shall take away the mighty. without 1Sa 25:37-39 26:10 Isa 10:16-19 30:30-33 Da 2:34,44,45 Zec 4:6

21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

31:4 Ge 16:13 2Ch 16:9 Ps 34:15 139:23 Pr 5:21 15:3 Jer 16:17 17:10 32:19 Am 9:8

22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

no Ps 139:11,12 Isa 29:15 Jer 23:24 Am 9:2,3 1Co 4:5 Heb 4:13 Re 6:15,16

nor 3:5 24:17 Isa 9:2

the 31:3 Ps 5:5 Pr 10:29 Mt 7:23 Lu 13:27

23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

he will 10-12 11:6 Ezr 9:13 Ps 119:137 Isa 42:3 Da 9:7-9

that he 9:32,33 16:21 23:7 Jer 2:5 Ro 9:20

enter. Heb. go

24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

break 19:2 Ps 2:9 72:4 94:5 Jer 51:20-23 Da 2:21,34,35,44,45

number. Heb. searching out. set 1Sa 2:30-36 15:28 1Ki 14:7,8,14 Ps 113:7,8 Da 5:28-31

25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

he knoweth Ps 33:15 Isa 66:18 Ho 7:2 Am 8:7 Re 20:12

in the 20 So 3:8 Isa 15:1 1Th 5:2

destroyed. Heb. crushed

26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

in Ex 14:30 De 13:9-11 21:21 2Sa 12:11,12 Ps 58:10,11 Isa 66:24 1Ti 5:20,24 Re 18:9,10,20

open sight of others. Heb. place of beholders

27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

turned 1Sa 15:11 Ps 125:5 Zep 1:6 Lu 17:31,32 Ac 15:38 2Ti 4:10 Heb 10:39

from him. Heb. from after him. would Ps 28:5 107:43 Pr 1:29,30 Isa 1:3 5:12 Hag 2:15-19

28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

they 22:9,10 24:12 29:12,13 31:19,20 35:9 Ex 2:23,24 3:7,9 Ps 12:5 Isa 5:7 Jas 5:4

and he Ex 22:23-27

29 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:

When he giveth 29:1-3 2Sa 7:1 Isa 14:3-8 26:3 32:17 Joh 14:27 Ro 8:31-34 Php 4:7

when he hideth 23:8,9 Ps 13:1 27:9 30:7 143:7

who then can behold 12:14 23:13

whether 2Ki 18:9-12 2Ch 36:14-17 Jer 27:8

30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

21 1Ki 12:28-30 2Ki 21:9 Ps 12:8 Ec 9:18 Ho 5:11 13:11 Mic 6:16 2Th 2:4-11 Re 13:3,4,11-14

31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

33:27 40:3-5 42:6 Le 26:41 Ezr 9:13,14 Ne 9:33-38 Jer 31:18,19 Da 9:7-14 Mic 7:9

32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

which 10:2 Ps 19:12 25:4,5 32:8 139:23,24 143:8-10

if Pr 28:13 Lu 3:8-14 Eph 4:22,25-28

33 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.

Should 9:12 18:4 Isa 45:9 Ro 9:20 11:35

according to thy mind. Heb. from with thee. he will 11 15:31 Ps 89:30-32 Pr 11:31 2Th 1:6,7 Heb 2:2 11:26

whether thou refuse Ps 135:6 Mt 20:12-15

what 33:5,32

34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

understanding. Heb. heart 2,4,10,16 1Co 10:15

35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

13:2 15:2 35:16 38:2 42:3

36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

My desire is that Job may be tried. or, My father, let Job be tried 23:16 Ps 17:3 26:2 Jas 5:11

his answers 8,9 12:6 21:7 24:1

37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

rebellion 1Sa 15:23 Isa 1:19,20

he clappeth 27:23

multiplieth 8:2,3 11:2,3 35:2,3,16 42:7