| 1 | Elihu also continued, and said, |
| 2 | "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God`s behalf. | Jb 21:3 Jb 33:31-33 Heb 13:22 |
| 3 | I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | Jb 28:12 Jb 28:13 Jb 28:20-24 Jb 32:8 Pr 2:4 Pr 2:5 Mt 2:1 Mt 2:2 Mt 12:42 Ac 8:27-40 Ro 10:6-8 Jm 1:5 Jm 1:17 Jm 3:17 |
| 4 | For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | Jb 13:4 Jb 13:7 Jb 21:27 Jb 21:34 Jb 22:6-30 Pr 8:7 Pr 8:8 2Co 2:17 |
| 5 | "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn`t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. | Jb 10:3 Jb 31:13 Ps 22:24 Ps 138:6 |
| 6 | He doesn`t preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right. | Jb 21:7-9 Jb 21:30-9 Ps 55:23 Jer 12:1 Jer 12:2 2Pe 2:9 |
| 7 | He doesn`t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted. | 2Ch 16:9 Ps 33:18 Ps 34:15 Zep 3:17 1Pe 3:12 |
| 8 | If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions, | Jb 13:27 Jb 19:6 Jb 33:18 Jb 33:19 Ps 18:5 Ps 107:10 Ps 116:3 Lam 3:9 |
| 9 | Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. | Jb 10:2 Dt 4:21 Dt 4:22 2Ch 33:11-13 Ps 94:12 Ps 119:67 Ps 119:71 Lam 3:39 Lam 3:40 Lk 15:17-19 1Co 11:32 |
| 10 | He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity. | Jb 36:15 Jb 33:16-23 Ps 40:6 Isa 48:8 Isa 48:17 Isa 50:5 Ac 16:14 |
| 11 | If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. | Jb 22:21 Dt 4:30 Jer 7:23 Jer 26:13 Ro 6:17 Heb 11:8 |
| 12 | But if they don`t listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge. | Dt 18:15-22 Dt 29:15-20 Isa 1:20 Isa 3:11 Ro 2:8 Ro 2:9 |
| 13 | "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don`t cry for help when he binds them. | Nm 32:14 2Ch 28:13 2Ch 28:22 Ro 2:5 |
| 14 | They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. | Jb 15:32 Jb 21:23-25 Jb 22:16 Gn 38:7-10 Lv 10:1 Lv 10:2 Ps 55:23 |
| 15 | He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression. | Jb 36:10 2Ch 12:8 |
| 16 | Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness. | Jb 19:8 Jb 42:10-17 Ps 18:19 Ps 31:8 Ps 40:1-3 Ps 118:5 |
| 17 | "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. | Jb 16:5 Jb 34:8 Jb 34:36 Ro 1:32 Rev 18:4 |
| 18 | Don`t let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. | Ps 2:5 Ps 2:12 Ps 110:5 Mt 3:7 Ro 1:18 Ro 2:5 Eph 5:6 |
| 19 | Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength? | Pr 10:2 Pr 11:4 Isa 2:20 Zep 1:18 Jm 5:3 |
| 20 | Don`t desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. | Jb 3:20 Jb 3:21 Jb 6:9 Jb 7:15 Jb 14:13 Jb 17:13 Jb 17:14 |
| 21 | Take heed, don`t regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction. | Ps 66:18 Ezk 14:4 Mt 5:29 Mt 5:30 |
| 22 | Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? | 1Sa 2:7 1Sa 2:8 Ps 75:7 Isa 14:5 Jer 27:5-8 Dn 4:25 Dn 4:32 Dn 5:18 Lk 1:52 Ro 13:1 |
| 23 | Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, `You have committed unrighteousness?` | Jb 34:13-33 Isa 40:13 Isa 40:14 Ro 11:34 1Co 2:16 Eph 1:11 |
| 24 | "Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. | Jb 12:13-25 Jb 26:5-14 Ps 28:5 Ps 34:3 Ps 72:18 Ps 86:8-10 Ps 92:4 Ps 92:5 Ps 104:24 Ps 107:8 Ps 107:15 Ps 111:2-4 Ps 111:8-4 Ps 145:10-12 Jer 10:12 Dn 4:3 Dn 4:37 Lk 1:46 |
| 25 | All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. |
| 26 | Behold, God is great, and we don`t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. | Jb 37:5 Ps 145:3 |
| 27 | For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor, | Jb 5:9 Jb 38:25-28 Jb 38:34-28 Gn 2:5 Gn 2:6 Ps 65:9-13 Isa 5:6 Jer 14:22 |
| 28 | Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly. | Jb 37:11-13 Gn 7:11 Gn 7:12 Pr 3:20 |
| 29 | Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion? | Jb 37:16 Jb 38:9 Jb 38:37 1Ki 18:44 1Ki 18:45 Ps 104:3 |
| 30 | Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. | Jb 38:25 Jb 38:34 Jb 38:35 Lk 17:24 |
| 31 | For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. | Jb 37:13 Jb 38:22 Jb 38:23 Gn 6:17 Gn 7:17-24 Gn 19:24 Ex 9:23-25 Dt 8:2 Dt 8:15 Jsh 10:11 1Sa 2:10 1Sa 7:10 1Sa 12:18 |
| 32 | He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. | Jb 26:9 Ex 10:21-23 Ps 18:11 Ps 135:7 Ps 147:8 Ps 147:9 Ps 148:8 Ac 27:20 |
| 33 | The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up. | Jb 36:29 Jb 37:2 2Sa 22:14 1Ki 18:41-45 |
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