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Job Chapter 36
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CHAP. XXXVI.

1 Elihu sheweth how God is iust in his wayes. 16 How Iobs sinnes hinder Gods blessings. 24 Gods works are to be magnified.

1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,

2 Suffer mee a little, and I will shewe thee, that I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.2

3 I will fetch my knowledge from afarre, and will ascribe righteousnesse to my Maker.

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4 For truely my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge, is with thee.

5 Behold, God is mightie, and despiseth not any: he is mightie in strength and wisedome.5

6 He preserueth not the life of the wicked: but giueth right to the poore.6

7 Hee withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne, yea he doth establish them for euer, and they are exalted.7

8 And if they bee bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction:

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9 Then hee sheweth them their worke, and their transgressions, that they haue exceeded.

10 He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie.

11 If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.11

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

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13 But the hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath: they crie not when he bindeth them.

14 They die in youth, and their life is among the vncleane.14

15 He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eares in oppression.15

16 Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.16

17 But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee.17

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee.18

19 Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

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

21 Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction.

22 Beholde, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

23 Who hath inioyned him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquitie?

24 Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.

25 Euery man may see it, man may behold it afarre off.

26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his yeeres be searched out.

27 For hee maketh small the drops of water: they powre downe raine according to the vapour thereof:

28 Which the clouds doe drop, and distill vpon man aboundantly.

29 Also can any vnderstand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.30

31 For by them iudgeth he the people, he giueth meate in abundance.

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32 With clouds he couereth the light, and commaundeth it not to shine, by the cloud that commeth betwixt.

33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattel also concerning the Uapour.33

 



Job Chapter 36 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):

2 Heb. that there are yet words for God.
5 Heb. heart
6 Or, afflicted.
7 Psal.34. 14.
11 Iob 21.13
12 Heb. they shall passe away by the sword.
14 Hebr. their soule dieth. , Or, Sodomites.
15 Or, affected.
16 Heb. the rest of thy table.
17 Or, iudgement and iustice should uphold thee.
18 Heb. turn thee aside.
30 Heb. the roots.
33 Heb. that which goeth vp.


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