Job 34 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Moreouer Elihu answered, and saide,
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
2 Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
2 “Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3 For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
4 Let vs seeke iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good.
4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
5 For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
6 Should I lye in my right? my wound of the arrowe is grieuous without my sinne.
6 Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
7 What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
8 Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?
8 who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
9 For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
10 Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.
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.
11 For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.
11 For the work of a man he will give to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
12 And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
12 Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13 Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?
13 Who put him in charge of the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
14 If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
14 If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall returne vnto dust.
15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
16 And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
16 “If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.
17 Shal he that hateth iudgement, gouerne? and wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?
17 Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly?
18 who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
19 How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
19 He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.
20 They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
21 For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.
21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into iudgement with God.
23 For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
24 He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.
24 He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
25 Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.
25 Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
26 He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27 Because they haue turned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:
27 because they turned away from following him, and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
28 So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
29 And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?
29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
30 Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.
30 that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
31 Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
31 “For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
32 But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
32 Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
33 Wil he performe the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued it, because that thou hast chosen, and not I. now speake what thou knowest.
33 Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.
34 Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:
35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
36 I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.
36 I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion vnto his sinne: he clappeth his handes among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God.
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.”
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Elihu
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, who burned with anger against Job and his three friends and spoke after they fell silent.
Cited in the guide: Job 32:2; Job 32:6; Job 34:1
Cross references (36)
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- 2 1 Corinthians 14:20; Proverbs 1:5; 1 Corinthians 10:15
- 3 Job 12:11; 1 Corinthians 2:15; Hebrews 5:14; Job 33:2; Job 31:30
- 4 1 Thessalonians 5:21; Galatians 2:11–14; 1 Corinthians 6:2–5; Judges 20:7; Judges 19:30
- 5 Job 27:2; Job 33:9; Job 32:1; Job 16:17; Job 9:17
- 6 Job 6:4; Job 16:13; Job 27:4–6
- 7 Job 15:16; Deuteronomy 29:19; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 4:17
- 8 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 13:20; Psalm 26:4; Psalm 50:18
- 9 Job 21:14–16; Job 35:3; Malachi 3:14; Job 9:22–23; Psalm 37:4
- 10 Romans 9:14; Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Job 8:3; James 1:13
- 11 2 Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:6; Revelation 22:12; Psalm 62:12; Matthew 16:27
- 12 Job 8:3; Psalm 145:17; Psalm 11:7; Habakkuk 1:12–13
- 13 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 40:13–14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 36:23; Job 40:8–11
- 14 Psalm 104:29; Job 9:4; Job 7:17; Isaiah 24:22
- 15 Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 57:16; Psalm 90:3–10; Job 30:23
- 16 Job 13:2–6; Job 12:3
- 17 Genesis 18:25; Romans 9:14; Job 40:8; 2 Samuel 23:3; Romans 3:5–7
- 18 Exodus 22:28; Proverbs 17:26; Romans 13:7; Acts 23:3; Jude 8
- 19 Deuteronomy 10:17; James 2:5; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25
- 20 Psalm 73:19; Isaiah 30:30–33; 1 Samuel 25:37–39; Luke 12:20; Isaiah 30:13
- 21 Proverbs 15:3; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:21; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 32:19
- 22 Hebrews 4:13; Amos 9:2–3; Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 139:11–12; Jeremiah 23:24
- 23 Daniel 9:7–9; Psalm 119:137; Ezra 9:13; Romans 9:20; Job 11:11
- 24 Psalm 113:7–8; Daniel 2:21; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 94:5; Psalm 2:9
- 25 Job 34:20; Hosea 7:2; Psalm 33:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Isaiah 66:18
- 26 Psalm 58:10–11; Deuteronomy 13:9–11; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Samuel 12:11–12; Revelation 18:20
- 27 1 Samuel 15:11; Psalm 28:5; Isaiah 5:12; Hebrews 10:39; Luke 17:31–32
- 28 James 5:4; Exodus 3:7; Job 35:9; Exodus 3:9; Psalm 12:5
- 29 Job 23:13; John 14:27; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 27:9; Romans 8:31–34
- 30 Proverbs 29:2–12; Psalm 12:8; Revelation 13:3–4; 2 Thessalonians 2:4–11; Job 34:21
- 31 Job 33:27; Micah 7:9; Ezra 9:13–14; Nehemiah 9:33–38; Leviticus 26:41
- 32 Psalm 32:8; Psalm 25:4–5; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 139:23–24; Psalm 143:8–10
- 33 Job 33:32; Job 34:11; Proverbs 11:31; Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 45:9
- 34 Job 34:10; Job 34:4; Job 34:2; 1 Corinthians 10:15; Job 34:16
- 35 Job 35:16; Job 38:2; Job 13:2; Job 15:2; Job 42:3
- 36 James 5:11; Job 21:7; Job 24:1; Psalm 17:3; Job 34:8–9
- 37 Job 27:23; Isaiah 1:19–20; 1 Samuel 15:23; Job 11:2–3; Job 8:2–3
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