Job 36 Berean Standard Bible
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1 And Elihu continued:
1 Elihu also continued, and said,
2 “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
3 I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
6 He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
7 He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
9 then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
9 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
11 If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
12 But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
13 “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19 Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
20 Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
24 Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
24 “Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
25 All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
26 Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
28 which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
29 Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
31 For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
32 He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
33 The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
33 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Job 21:3; Job 13:7–8; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Ezekiel 2:7; Hebrews 13:22
- 3 James 3:17; James 1:17; Psalm 145:17; Job 8:3; Daniel 9:14
- 4 Proverbs 8:7–8; Job 37:16; Psalm 49:3; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Timothy 3:16–17
- 5 Psalm 22:24; Psalm 138:6; Jeremiah 10:12; Psalm 147:5; Job 37:23
- 6 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 72:12–14; 2 Peter 2:9; Job 5:15; Exodus 22:22–24
- 7 Psalm 34:15; Psalm 33:18; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:7–8; 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- 8 Psalm 107:10; Proverbs 5:22; Job 13:27; Psalm 116:3; Job 19:6
- 9 1 Corinthians 11:32; Job 15:25; Psalm 119:71; Ezekiel 18:28–31; Romans 5:20
- 10 Isaiah 55:6–7; Job 36:15; Matthew 3:8; 2 Kings 17:13; Job 33:16–23
- 11 Jeremiah 7:23; Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 26:13; Deuteronomy 4:30; Hebrews 11:8
- 12 Job 4:21; Romans 2:8–9; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 1:20; Deuteronomy 18:15–22
- 13 Romans 2:5; Job 27:8–10; Job 36:8; 2 Chronicles 28:13; Job 35:9–10
- 14 Job 22:16; Job 15:32; Deuteronomy 23:17; Psalm 55:23; Job 21:23–25
- 15 Job 36:10
- 16 Psalm 23:5; Psalm 118:5; Psalm 31:8; Psalm 18:19; Psalm 63:5
- 17 Romans 1:32; Revelation 18:4; Job 34:36; Job 16:5; Job 22:11
- 18 Ephesians 5:6; Job 33:24; Romans 1:18; Psalm 110:5; Psalm 49:7–8
- 19 Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:21; Job 9:13; James 5:3; Isaiah 37:36
- 20 Job 34:20; Exodus 12:29; Job 34:25; 2 Kings 19:35; Job 14:13
- 21 Psalm 66:18; Hebrews 11:25; 1 Peter 3:17; Matthew 16:24; Daniel 3:16–18
- 22 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Romans 13:1; Luke 1:52; Jeremiah 27:5–8; Isaiah 48:17
- 23 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:13–14; Job 8:3; Job 34:10; Ephesians 1:11
- 24 Revelation 15:3; Psalm 145:10–12; Psalm 72:18; Psalm 111:2–4; Luke 1:46
- 26 Psalm 90:2; Psalm 145:3; Job 11:7–9; 1 Kings 8:27; 1 Corinthians 13:12
- 27 Psalm 147:8; Job 5:9; Psalm 148:8; Job 38:25–28; Psalm 65:9–13
- 28 Proverbs 3:20; Genesis 7:11–12; Job 37:11–13
- 29 Job 37:16; Job 37:2–5; Psalm 29:3–10; Job 26:14; Nahum 1:3
- 30 Job 38:25; Exodus 14:22; Exodus 14:28; Genesis 1:9; Psalm 18:11–16
- 31 Psalm 136:25; Job 37:13; Acts 14:17; Psalm 104:13–15; Psalm 65:9–13
- 32 Psalm 18:11; Psalm 147:8–9; Job 37:15; Psalm 148:8; Psalm 135:7
- 33 Job 37:2; Job 36:29; 2 Samuel 22:14; 1 Kings 18:41–45; Joel 2:22
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Learn then thine own weakness; learn from this instance the mightiness of God: for He hath numbered the drops of rain, which have been poured down on all the earth, not only now but in all time.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
He who planned all with weight and measure, He who, according to the word of Job, knows the number of the drops of rain, knew how long His work would last, and for how much consumption of fire He ought to allow.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)