Job 35:1 - 37:24

Job 35:1-16 (NASB)
¹ Then Elihu continued and said,
² "Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's'?
³ "For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'
⁴ "I will answer you, And your friends with you.
⁵ "Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds—they are higher than you.
⁶ "If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
⁷ "If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
⁸ "Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.
⁹ "Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
¹⁰ "But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
¹¹ Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'
¹² "There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
¹³ "Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
¹⁴ "How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
¹⁵ "And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
¹⁶ So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."

Job 36:1-33 (NASB)
¹ Then Elihu continued and said,
² "Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf.
³ "I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
⁴ "For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
⁵ "Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
⁶ "He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
⁷ "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.
⁸ "And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction,
⁹ Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.
¹⁰ "He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil.
¹¹ "If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures.
¹² "But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge.
¹³ "But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
¹⁴ "They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.
¹⁵ "He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression.
¹⁶ "Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.
¹⁷ "But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
¹⁸ "Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
¹⁹ "Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength?
²⁰ "Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place.
²¹ "Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you have preferred this to affliction.
²² "Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?
²³ "Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, 'You have done wrong'?
²⁴ "Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung.
²⁵ "All men have seen it; Man beholds from afar.
²⁶ "Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.
²⁷ "For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist,
²⁸ Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly.
²⁹ "Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?
³⁰ "Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
³¹ "For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance.
³² "He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
³³ "Its noise declares His presence; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

Job 37:1-24 (NASB)
¹ "At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.
² "Listen closely to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.
³ "Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.
⁴ "After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.
⁵ "God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend.
⁶ "For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,' And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.'
⁷ "He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.
⁸ "Then the beast goes into its lair And remains in its den.
⁹ "Out of the south comes the storm, And out of the north the cold.
¹⁰ "From the breath of God ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen.
¹¹ "Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
¹² "It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth.
¹³ "Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.
¹⁴ "Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.
¹⁵ "Do you know how God establishes them, And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine?
¹⁶ "Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds, The wonders of one perfect in knowledge,
¹⁷ You whose garments are hot, When the land is still because of the south wind?
¹⁸ "Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong as a molten mirror?
¹⁹ "Teach us what we shall say to Him; We cannot arrange our case because of darkness.
²⁰ "Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?
²¹ "Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind has passed and cleared them.
²² "Out of the north comes golden splendor; Around God is awesome majesty.
²³ "The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.
²⁴ "Therefore men fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart."