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[1]Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
[2]Hear my words, ye wise men, and hearken unto me, ye that have knowledge.
[3]For the ear trieth the words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
[4]Let us seek judgment among us, and let us know among ourselves what is good.
[5]For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment.
[6]Should I lie in my right? My wound of the arrow is grievous without my sin.
[7]What man is like Job, that drinketh scornfulness like water?
[8]Which goeth in the company of them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men?
[9]For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walk with God.
[10]Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of wisdom, God forbid that wickedness should be in God, and iniquity in the Almighty.
[11]For he will render unto man according to his work, and cause everyone to find according to his way.
[12]And certainly God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
[13]Whom hath he appointed over the earth beside himself? Or who hath placed the whole world?
[14]If he set his heart upon man, and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath,
[15]All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
[16]And if thou hast understanding, hear this and hearken to the voice of my words.
[17]Shall he that hateth judgment, govern? And wilt thou judge him wicked that is most just?
[18]Wilt thou say unto a king, Thou art wicked? Or to princes, Ye are ungodly?
[19]How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more than the poor? For they be all the work of his hands.
[20]They shall die suddenly, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass forth and take away the mighty without hand.
[21]For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
[22]There is no darkness nor shadow of death, that the workers of iniquity might be hid therein.
[23]For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into judgment with God.
[24]He shall break the mighty without seeking, and shall set up others in their stead.
[25]Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turn the night, and they shall be destroyed.
[26]He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
[27]Because they have turned back from him, and would not consider all his ways:
[28]So that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
[29]And when he giveth quietness, who can make trouble? And when he hideth his face, who can behold him, whether it be upon nations, or upon a man only?
[30]Because the hypocrite doth reign, and because the people are snared.
[31]Surely it appertaineth unto God to say, I have pardoned, I will not destroy.
[32]But if I see not, teach thou me: if I have done wickedly, I will do no more.
[33]Will he perform the thing through thee? For thou hast reproved it, because that thou hast chosen, and not I. now speak what thou knowest.
[34]Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
[35]Job hath not spoken of knowledge, neither were his words according to wisdom.
[36]I desire that Job may be tried, unto the end touching the answers for wicked men.
[37]For he addeth rebellion unto his sin: he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
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