Job: Chapter 36:1-33 of 42 (KJV)

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

God's Ways Are Just

Job 36:1
Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Job 36:2
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that [I have] yet to speak on God’s behalf.

Job 36:3
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:4
For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.

Job 36:5
Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.

Job 36:6
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 36:7
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

Job 36:8
And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction;

Job 36:9
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

Job 36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Job 36:11
If they obey and serve [him,] they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Job 36:12
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

Job 36:13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

Job 36:14
They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.

Job 36:15
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Job 36:16
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which [should be] set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Job 36:17
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee. ]

Job 36:18
Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Job 36:19
Will he esteem thy riches? [no,] not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Job 36:20
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Job 36:21
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Job 36:23
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Job 36:24
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

Job 36:25
Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.

Job 36:26
Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Job 36:27
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Job 36:28
Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly.

Job 36:29
Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?

Job 36:30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:31
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

Job 36:32
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.

Job 36:33
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

Thank you, Heavenly Father for teaching us your Word. Amen.
End of Job Chapter 36/42.