Job: Chapter 34:1-37 of 42 (KJV)

Pray for God’s Wisdom and Understanding,
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

God's Power and Righteousness

Job 34:1
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

Job 34:2
Hear my words, O ye wise [men;] and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

Job 34:3
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Job 34:4
Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.

Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 34:6
Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.

Job 34:7
What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?

Job 34:8
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Job 34:9
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Job 34:10
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.

Job 34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.

Job 34:12
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

Job 34:13
Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

Job 34:14
If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Job 34:15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Job 34:16
If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Job 34:17
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Job 34:18
[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

Job 34:19
[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

Job 34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Job 34:21
For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

Job 34:22
[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:23
For he will not lay upon man more [than right;] that he should enter into judgment with God.

Job 34:24
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

Job 34:25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.

Job 34:26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Job 34:27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:

Job 34:30
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Job 34:31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement,] I will not offend [any more: ]

Job 34:32
[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Job 34:33
[Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Job 34:34
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Job 34:35
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.

Job 34:36
My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.

Job 34:37
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Thanking God for teaching us his Word, Amen.
End of Job Chapter 34/42.