1 Elihu shews how God is just in his ways
16 How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24 God's works are to be magnified

2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Suffer 21:3 33:31-33 Heb 13:22

I have yet to speak, etc. Heb. there are yet words for God 13:7,8 33:6 Ex 4:16 Jer 15:19 Eze 2:7 2Co 5:20

3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

fetch 28:12,13,20-24 32:8 Pr 2:4,5 Mt 2:1,2 12:42 Ac 8:27 *etc: Ro 10:6-8 Jas 1:5,17 3:17

ascribe 32:2 34:5,10-12 De 32:4 Ps 11:7 145:17 Jer 12:1 Da 9:7,14 Ro 3:25,26 9:14 Re 15:3

4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

my 13:4,7 21:27,34 22:6 *etc: Pr 8:7,8 2Co 2:17

perfect 37:16 Lu 1:3 Ac 24:22 1Co 14:20 *marg: Col 4:12 2Ti 3:16,17

in Ps 49:3 Pr 22:20,21

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

despiseth 10:3 31:13 Ps 22:24 138:6

mighty 9:14,19 12:13-16 26:12-14 37:23 Ps 99:4 147:5 Jer 10:12 32:19 1Co 1:24-28

wisdom. Heb. heart

6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

preserveth 21:7-9,30 Ps 55:23 Jer 12:1,2 2Pe 2:9

giveth 29:12-17 Ps 9:12 10:14,15 72:4,12-14 82:1-4 Pr 22:22,23 Isa 11:4

poor. or, afflicted Ex 22:22-24 Ps 140:12

7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

withdraw 2Ch 16:9 Ps 33:18 34:15 Zep 3:17 1Pe 3:12

with 1:3 42:12 Ge 23:6 41:40 1Sa 2:8 Es 10:3 Ps 78:70-72 113:7,8

he doth 2Sa 7:13-16 Ps 112:7-10 2Th 3:3

8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

if 13:27 19:6 33:18,19 Ps 18:5 107:10 116:3 La 3:9

cords Pr 5:22

9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

he 10:2 De 4:21,22 2Ch 33:11-13 Ps 94:12 119:67,71 La 3:39,40 Lu 15:17-19 1Co 11:32

their Ps 5:10 Isa 59:12 Eze 18:28-31 Ro 5:20 1Ti 1:15

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

openeth 15 33:16-23 Ps 40:6 Isa 48:8,17 50:5 Ac 16:14

commandeth Pr 1:22,23 8:4,5 9:4-6 Isa 1:16-20 55:6,7 Jer 4:3,4 7:3-7 Eze 18:30,31 Ho 14:1 Mt 3:8 Ac 3:19 17:30 Jas 4:8

11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

If 22:21 De 4:30 Jer 7:23 26:13 Ro 6:17 Heb 11:8

spend 11:13-19 21:11 22:23 42:12 Ec 9:2,3 Jas 5:5 Re 18:7

12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

if De 18:15 *etc: 29:15-20 Isa 1:20 3:11 Ro 2:8,9

perish. Heb. pass away. die 4:21 Joh 8:21-24

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

heap Nu 32:14 2Ch 28:13,22 Ro 2:5

they 15:4 27:8-10 35:9,10 Mt 22:12,13

bindeth 8 Ps 107:10

14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

They die. Heb. Their soul dieth 15:32 21:23-25 22:16 Ge 38:7-10 Le 10:1,2 Ps 55:23

unclean. or, sodomites Ge 19:5,24,25 De 23:17

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

delivereth 6

poor. or, afflicted. openeth 10 2Ch 12:8

16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

a broad 19:8 42:10-17 Ps 18:19 31:8 40:1-3 118:5

that which should be set on thy table. Heb. the rest of thy table. full Ps 23:5 36:8 63:5 Isa 25:6 55:2

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

fulfilled 16:5 34:8,36 Ro 1:32 Re 18:4

take hold on thee. should uphold thee

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Because Ps 2:5,12 110:5 Mt 3:7 Ro 1:18 2:5 Eph 5:6

his Ps 39:10 Isa 14:6 Eze 24:16

then 33:24 Ps 49:7,8 1Ti 2:6 Heb 2:3

deliver thee. Heb. turn thee aside

19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Will Pr 10:2 11:4 Isa 2:20 Zep 1:18 Jas 5:3

nor all 9:13 34:20 Ps 33:16,17 Pr 11:21 Isa 37:36

20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Desire 3:20,21 6:9 7:15 14:13 17:13,14

cut Ex 12:29 2Ki 19:35 Pr 14:32 Ec 11:3 Da 5:30 Lu 12:20 Ac 1:25 1Th 5:2,3

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

regard Ps 66:18 Eze 14:4 Mt 5:29,30

this 34:7-9 35:3 Da 3:16-18 6:10 Mt 13:21 16:24 Ac 5:40,41 Heb 11:25 1Pe 3:17 4:15,16

22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

God 1Sa 2:7,8 Ps 75:7 Isa 14:5 Jer 27:5-8 Da 4:25,32 5:18 Lu 1:52 Ro 13:1

who Ps 94:10,12 Isa 48:17 54:13 Jer 31:38 Joh 6:45

23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Who hath 34:13-33 Isa 40:13,14 Ro 11:34 1Co 2:16 Eph 1:11

Thou 8:3 34:10 40:8 Ro 2:5 3:5 9:14

24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

magnify 12:13 *etc: 26:5-14 Ps 28:5 34:3 72:18 86:8-10 92:4,5 104:24 107:8,15 Ps 111:2-4,8 145:10-12 Jer 10:12 Da 4:3,37 Lu 1:46

which De 4:19 Ps 19:1-4

25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

God 37:5 Ps 145:3

we 11:7-9 26:14 37:23 1Ki 8:27

neither Ps 90:2 102:24-27 Heb 1:12 2Pe 3:8

27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

he 5:9 38:25-28,34 Ge 2:5,6 Ps 65:9-13 Isa 5:6 Jer 14:22

the vapour 33 Ps 148:8

28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

37:11-13 Ge 7:11,12 Pr 3:20

29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

the spreadings 37:16 38:9,37 1Ki 18:44,45 Ps 104:3

the noise 37:2-5 Ps 18:13 29:3-10 77:16-19 104:7 Na 1:3 Hab 3:10

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

he 38:25,34,35 Lu 17:24

and 38:8-11 Ge 1:9 Ex 14:22,28 15:4,5 Ps 18:11-16 104:5-9

bottom. Heb. roots

31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

by 37:13 38:22,23 Ge 6:17 7:17-24 19:24 Ex 9:23-25 De 8:2,15 Jos 10:11 1Sa 2:10 7:10 12:18

he giveth 38:26,27 Ps 65:9-13 104:13-15,27,28 136:25 Ac 14:17

32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

(Perhaps these difficult verses should be rendered, 'He covereth the concave with lightning, and chargeth it what it shall strike. Its noise declareth concerning him; a magazine of wrath against iniquity.') 26:9 Ex 10:21-23 Ps 18:11 135:7 147:8,9 148:8 Ac 27:20

33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

noise 29 37:2 2Sa 22:14 1Ki 18:41-45

the cattle Jer 14:4-6 Joe 1:18 2:22

the vapour. Heb. that which goeth up 27