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Elihu
Vindicates God's Justice |
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| Job 34:1 |
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Then Elihu continued and said, |
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| Job 34:2 |
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"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to
me, you who know. |
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| Job 34:3 |
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"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes
food. |
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| Job 34:4 |
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"Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
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| Job 34:5 |
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"For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God
has taken away my right; |
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| Job 34:6 |
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Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is
incurable, though I am without transgression.' |
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| Job 34:7 |
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"What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision
like water, |
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| Job 34:8 |
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Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men? |
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| Job 34:9 |
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"For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing
When he is pleased with God.' |
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| Job 34:10 |
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"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong. |
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| Job 34:11 |
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"For He pays a man according to his work, And
makes him find it according to his way. |
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| Job 34:12 |
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"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the
Almighty will not pervert justice. |
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| Job 34:13 |
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"Who gave Him authority over the earth? And
who has laid on Him the whole world? |
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| Job 34:14 |
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"If He should determine to do so, If He should
gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, |
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| Job 34:15 |
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All flesh would perish together, And man would
return to dust. |
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| Job 34:16 |
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"But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen
to the sound of my words. |
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| Job 34:17 |
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"Shall one who hates justice rule? And will
you condemn the righteous mighty One, |
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| Job 34:18 |
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Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' To nobles,
'Wicked ones'; |
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| Job 34:19 |
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Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards
the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands? |
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| Job 34:20 |
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"In a moment they die, and at midnight People
are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand. |
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| Job 34:21 |
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"For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And
He sees all his steps. |
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| Job 34:22 |
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"There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the
workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
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| Job 34:23 |
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"For He does not need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment. |
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| Job 34:24 |
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"He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place. |
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| Job 34:25 |
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"Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows
them in the night, And they are crushed. |
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| Job 34:26 |
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"He strikes them like the wicked In a public
place, |
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| Job 34:27 |
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Because they turned aside from following Him,
And had no regard for any of His ways; |
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| Job 34:28 |
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So that they caused the cry of the poor to come
to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted-- |
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| Job 34:29 |
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When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And
when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation
and man?-- |
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| Job 34:30 |
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So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares
of the people. |
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| Job 34:31 |
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"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore; |
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| Job 34:32 |
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Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again'? |
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| Job 34:33 |
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"Shall He recompense on your terms, because
you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you
know. |
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| Job 34:34 |
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"Men of understanding will say to me, And a
wise man who hears me, |
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| Job 34:35 |
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'Job speaks without knowledge, And his words
are without wisdom. |
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| Job 34:36 |
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'Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because
he answers like wicked men. |
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| Job 34:37 |
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'For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps
his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.'" |
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