1 A nd Elihu answereth and saith:

¶ Furthermore, Elihu answered and said,

2 H ear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

3 F or the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes food.

4 J udgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what good.

Let us choose our judgment; let us know among ourselves what is good.

5 F or Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right.

6 A gainst my right do I lie? Mortal mine arrow -- without transgression.'

In my judgment he was a liar, my arrow wound is grievous without my having committed a transgression.

7 W ho a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

What man is like Job, who drinks up the scorn like water?

8 A nd he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

9 F or he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

For he said, It shall profit a man nothing that he should conform his will with God.

10 T herefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And the Mighty to do perverseness:

¶ Therefore, hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

11 F or the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

For he shall pay man according to his work and cause every man to find according to his ways.

12 Y ea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

13 W ho hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world?

Who visited the earth for him? And who set the whole world in order?

14 I f He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

If he were to set his heart upon man and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath,

15 E xpire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again unto dust.

16 A nd if understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

¶ If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

17 Y ea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

Shall even he that hates judgment govern? And wilt thou condemn the Mighty One that is righteous?

18 W ho hath said to a king -- `Worthless,' Unto princes -- `Wicked?'

Is it fit to say to the king, Thou art of Belial and to the princes, Ye are ungodly?

19 T hat hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands all of them.

How much less to him who is not a respecter of the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

20 a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

In a moment they shall die, and the peoples shall be troubled at midnight and shall pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

21 F or His eyes on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his steps.

22 T here is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

There is no darkness nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

23 F or He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,

For he will not lay upon man more than that which is just; that he should enter into judgment with God.

24 H e breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number and set others in their stead.

25 T herefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

Therefore, he shall cause their works to be notorious, when he shall overturn them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

26 A s wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

He shall strike them as wicked men in the open sight of others

27 B ecause that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

because thus they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways

28 T o cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

so that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

29 A nd He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, the same.

When he gives rest, who then can make trouble? If he hides his face, who then can behold him? This applies to a nation and the same to a man,

30 F rom the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

that the hypocrite not reign, lest the people be ensnared.

31 F or unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

¶ For it is of God to say, I have forgiven, I will no longer destroy.

32 B esides I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'

Teach me that which I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more.

33 B y thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Will he, perchance finish his work by thee; whether thou refuse or whether thou choose, or by me? Speak what thou knowest.

34 L et men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.

The men of understanding will say as I say, and the wise man will hearken unto me.

35 J ob -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words not with wisdom.

Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without prudence.

36 M y Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end, that there may be answers against wicked men.

37 F or he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.

For he added rebellion unto his sin, he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.