| 1 | Moreover Elihu answered, |
| 2 | "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. | Pr 1:5 1Co 10:15 1Co 14:20 |
| 3 | For the ear tries words, As the palate tastes food. | Jb 6:30 Jb 12:11 1Co 2:15 Heb 5:14 |
| 4 | Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good. | Jb 34:36 Jg 19:30 Jg 20:7 1Co 6:2-5 Ga 2:11-14 1Th 5:21 |
| 5 | For Job has said, `I am righteous, God has taken away my right: | Jb 10:7 Jb 11:4 Jb 16:17 Jb 29:14 Jb 32:1 Jb 33:9 |
| 6 | Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.` | Jb 27:4-6 |
| 7 | What man is like Job, Who drinks up scoffing like water, | Jb 15:16 Dt 29:19 Pr 1:22 Pr 4:17 |
| 8 | Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men? | Jb 2:10 Jb 11:3 Jb 15:5 Ps 1:1 Ps 26:4 Ps 50:18 Ps 73:12-15 Pr 1:15 Pr 2:12 Pr 4:14 Pr 13:20 1Co 15:33 |
| 9 | For he has said, `It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.` | Jb 9:22 Jb 9:23 Jb 9:30 Jb 9:31 Jb 21:14-16 Jb 21:30-16 Jb 22:17 Jb 35:3 Mal 3:14 |
| 10 | "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, From the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. | Jb 34:2 Jb 34:3 Jb 34:34 Pr 6:32 Pr 15:32 |
| 11 | For the work of a man will he render to him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. | Jb 33:26 Ps 62:12 Pr 24:12 Jer 32:19 Ezk 33:17-20 Mt 16:27 Ro 2:6 2Co 5:10 1Pe 1:17 Rev 22:12 |
| 12 | Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. | Ps 11:7 Ps 145:17 Hab 1:12 Hab 1:13 |
| 13 | Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world? | Jb 36:23 Jb 38:4-41 Jb 40:8-11 1Ch 29:11 Pr 8:23-30 Isa 40:13 Isa 40:14 Dn 4:35 Ro 11:34-36 |
| 14 | If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath; | Jb 7:17 Jb 9:4 |
| 15 | All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust. | Jb 30:23 Gn 3:19 Ps 90:3-10 Ec 12:7 Isa 27:4 Isa 57:16 |
| 16 | "If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words. | Jb 12:3 Jb 13:2-6 |
| 17 | Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?-- | Gn 18:25 2Sa 23:3 Ro 3:5-7 |
| 18 | Who says to a king, `Vile!` Or to nobles, `Wicked!` | Ex 22:28 Pr 17:26 Ac 23:3 Ac 23:5 Ro 13:7 1Pe 2:17 2Pe 2:10 Jud 1:8 |
| 19 | Who doesn`t respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands. | Jb 13:8 Dt 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 |
| 20 | In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand. | Ps 73:19 Isa 30:13 Isa 37:38 Dn 5:30 Lk 12:20 Ac 12:23 1Th 5:2 2Pe 2:3 |
| 21 | "For his eyes are on the ways of a man, He sees all his goings. | Jb 31:4 Gn 16:13 2Ch 16:9 Ps 34:15 Ps 139:23 Pr 5:21 Pr 15:3 Jer 16:17 Jer 17:10 Jer 32:19 Am 9:8 |
| 22 | There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. | Ps 139:11 Ps 139:12 Isa 29:15 Jer 23:24 Am 9:2 Am 9:3 1Co 4:5 Heb 4:13 Rev 6:15 Rev 6:16 |
| 23 | For he doesn`t need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment. | Jb 34:10-12 Jb 11:6 Ezr 9:13 Ps 119:137 Isa 42:3 Dn 9:7-9 |
| 24 | He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place. | Jb 19:2 Ps 2:9 Ps 72:4 Ps 94:5 Jer 51:20-23 Dn 2:21 Dn 2:34 Dn 2:35 Dn 2:44 Dn 2:45 |
| 25 | Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. | Ps 33:15 Isa 66:18 Hos 7:2 Am 8:7 Rev 20:12 |
| 26 | He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others; | Ex 14:30 Dt 13:9-11 Dt 21:21 2Sa 12:11 2Sa 12:12 Ps 58:10 Ps 58:11 Isa 66:24 1Ti 5:20 1Ti 5:24 Rev 18:9 Rev 18:10 Rev 18:20 |
| 27 | Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn`t have regard in any of his ways: | 1Sa 15:11 Ps 125:5 Zep 1:6 Lk 17:31 Lk 17:32 Ac 15:38 2Ti 4:10 Heb 10:39 |
| 28 | So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, He heard the cry of the afflicted. | Jb 22:9 Jb 22:10 Jb 24:12 Jb 29:12 Jb 29:13 Jb 31:19 Jb 31:20 Jb 35:9 Ex 2:23 Ex 2:24 Ex 3:7 Ex 3:9 Ps 12:5 Isa 5:7 Jm 5:4 |
| 29 | When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man: | Jb 29:1-3 2Sa 7:1 Isa 14:3-8 Isa 26:3 Isa 32:17 Jn 14:27 Ro 8:31-34 Php 4:7 |
| 30 | That the godless man may not reign, That there be no one to ensnare the people. | Jb 34:21 1Ki 12:28-30 2Ki 21:9 Ps 12:8 Ec 9:18 Hos 5:11 Hos 13:11 Mic 6:16 2Th 2:4-11 Rev 13:3 Rev 13:4 Rev 13:11-14 |
| 31 | "For has any said to God, `I am guilty, but I will not offend any more. | Jb 33:27 Jb 40:3-5 Jb 42:6 Lv 26:41 Ezr 9:13 Ezr 9:14 Ne 9:33-38 Jer 31:18 Jer 31:19 Dn 9:7-14 Mic 7:9 |
| 32 | Teach me that which I don`t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more`? | Jb 10:2 Ps 19:12 Ps 25:4 Ps 25:5 Ps 32:8 Ps 139:23 Ps 139:24 Ps 143:8-10 |
| 33 | Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know. | Jb 9:12 Jb 18:4 Isa 45:9 Ro 9:20 Ro 11:35 |
| 34 | Men of understanding will tell me, Yes, every wise man who hears me: | Jb 34:2 Jb 34:4 Jb 34:10 Jb 34:16 1Co 10:15 |
| 35 | `Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.` | Jb 13:2 Jb 15:2 Jb 35:16 Jb 38:2 Jb 42:3 |
| 36 | I wish that Job were tried to the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. | Jb 23:16 Ps 17:3 Ps 26:2 Jm 5:11 |
| 37 | For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God." | 1Sa 15:23 Isa 1:19 Isa 1:20 |
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