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World English Bible

Job 36 (WEBP)

[1] Elihu also continued, and said,
[2] “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
[3] I will get my knowledge from afar, and 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, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
[6] He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
[7] He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
[8] If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
[9] then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
[10] He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
[11] If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
[12] But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
[13] “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
[14] They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
[15] He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
[16] Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
[17] “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
[18] Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
[19] Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
[20] Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
[21] Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
[22] Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
[23] Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
[24] “Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
[25] All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
[26] Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
[27] For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
[28] which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
[29] Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
[30] Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
[31] For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
[32] He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
[33] Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 36 (KJVS)

[1] Elihu also proceeded, and said,
[2] Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee That I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
[3] I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
[4] For truly my words shall not be false: He that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
[5] Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength and wisdom.
[6] He preserveth not the life of the wicked: But giveth right to the poor.
[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.
[8] And if they be bound in fetters, And be holden in cords of affliction;
[9] Then he sheweth them their work, And their transgressions that they have exceeded.
[10] He openeth also their ear to discipline, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
[11] If they obey and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
[12] But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
[13] But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: They cry not when he bindeth them.
[14] They die in youth, And their life is among the unclean.
[15] He delivereth the poor in his affliction, And openeth their ears in oppression.
[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.
[17] But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee.
[18] Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: Then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
[19] Will he esteem 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 iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
[22] Behold, God exalteth by his power: Who teacheth like him?
[23] Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
[24] Remember that thou magnify his work, Which men behold.
[25] Every man may see it; Man may behold it afar off.
[26] Behold, God is great, and we know him not, Neither can the number of his years be searched out.
[27] For he maketh small the drops of water: They pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
[28] Which the clouds do drop And distil upon man abundantly.
[29] Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, Or the noise of his tabernacle?
[30] Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, And covereth the bottom of the sea.
[31] For by them judgeth he the people; He giveth meat in abundance.
[32] With clouds he covereth the light; And commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
[33] The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, The cattle also concerning the vapour.

Job 36:5 Heb. heart
Job 36:6 Or, afflicted
Job 36:12 Heb. they shall pass away by the sword
Job 36:14a Heb. Their soul dieth
Job 36:14b Or, Sodomites
Job 36:15 Or, afflicted
Job 36:16 Heb. the rest of thy table
Job 36:17 Or, judgment and justice should uphold thee
Job 36:18 Heb. turn thee aside
Job 36:30 Heb. the roots
Job 36:33 Heb. that which goeth up

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 36 (BYZ)

[1] Προσθεὶς () δὲ () Ελιους ἔτι () λέγει ()
[2] Μεῖνόν () με () μικρὸν ἔτι, () ἵνα () διδάξω () σε· () ἔτι () γὰρ () ἐν () ἐμοί () ἐστιν () λέξις.
[3] Ἀναλαβὼν () τὴν () ἐπιστήμην μου () μακρὰν () ἔργοις () δέ () μου () δίκαια () ἐρῶ ()
[4] ἐπ’ () ἀληθείας () καὶ () οὐκ () ἄδικα () ῥήματα· () ἀδίκως () συνίεις. ()
[5] Γίγνωσκε () δὲ () ὅτι () ὁ () κύριος () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποποιήσηται τὸν () ἄκακον. () Δυνατὸς () ἰσχύι () καρδίας ()
[6] ἀσεβῆ () οὐ () μὴ () ζωοποιήσει () καὶ () κρίμα () πτωχῶν () δώσει. ()
[7] Οὐκ () ἀφελεῖ () ἀπὸ () δικαίου () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () μετὰ () βασιλέων () εἰς () θρόνον () καὶ () καθιεῖ () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () νεῖκος, καὶ () ὑψωθήσονται. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἰ () πεπεδημένοι ἐν () χειροπέδαις συσχεθήσονται () ἐν () σχοινίοις () πενίας,
[9] καὶ () ἀναγγελεῖ () αὐτοῖς () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὰ () παραπτώματα () αὐτῶν, () ὅτι () ἰσχύσουσιν. ()
[10] Ἀλλὰ () τοῦ () δικαίου () εἰσακούσεται· () καὶ () εἶπεν () ὅτι () ἐπιστραφήσονται () ἐξ () ἀδικίας. ()
[11] Ἐὰν () ἀκούσωσιν () καὶ () δουλεύσωσιν, () συντελέσουσιν () τὰς () ἡμέρας () αὐτῶν () ἐν () ἀγαθοῖς () καὶ () τὰ () ἔτη () αὐτῶν () ἐν () εὐπρεπείαις. ()
[12] Ἀσεβεῖς () δὲ () οὐ () διασῴζει () παρὰ () τὸ () μὴ () βούλεσθαι () εἰδέναι () αὐτοὺς () τὸν () κύριον () καὶ () διότι () νουθετούμενοι () ἀνήκοοι ἦσαν. ()
[13] Καὶ () ὑποκριταὶ () καρδίᾳ () τάξουσιν () θυμόν· () οὐ () βοήσονται, () ὅτι () ἔδησεν () αὐτούς. ()
[14] Ἀποθάνοι () τοίνυν () ἐν () νεότητι () ἡ () ψυχὴ () αὐτῶν, () ἡ () δὲ () ζωὴ () αὐτῶν () τιτρωσκομένη ὑπὸ () ἀγγέλων, ()
[15] ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἔθλιψαν () ἀσθενῆ () καὶ () ἀδύνατον· () κρίμα () δὲ () πραέων ἐκθήσει. ()
[16] Καὶ () προσέτι ἠπάτησέν () σε () ἐκ () στόματος () ἐχθροῦ· () ἄβυσσος, () κατάχυσις ὑποκάτω () αὐτῆς· () καὶ () κατέβη () τράπεζά () σου () πλήρης () πιότητος. ()
[17] Οὐχ () ὑστερήσει () δὲ () ἀπὸ () δικαίων () κρίμα, ()
[18] θυμὸς () δὲ () ἐπ’ () ἀσεβεῖς () ἔσται () δι’ () ἀσέβειαν () δώρων, () ὧν () ἐδέχοντο () ἐπ’ () ἀδικίαις. ()
[19] Μή () σε () ἐκκλινάτω () ἑκὼν () ὁ () νοῦς () δεήσεως () ἐν () ἀνάγκῃ () ὄντων () ἀδυνάτων, () καὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () κραταιοῦντας () ἰσχύν. ()
[20] Μὴ () ἐξελκύσῃς () τὴν () νύκτα () τοῦ () ἀναβῆναι () λαοὺς () ἀντ’ () αὐτῶν· ()
[21] ἀλλὰ () φύλαξαι () μὴ () πράξῃς () ἄτοπα· () ἐπὶ () τοῦτον () γὰρ () ἐξείλω () ἀπὸ () πτωχείας. ()
[22] Ἰδοὺ () ὁ () ἰσχυρὸς () κραταιώσει () ἐν () ἰσχύι () αὐτοῦ· () τίς () γάρ () ἐστιν () κατ’ () αὐτὸν () δυνάστης; ()
[23] Τίς () δέ () ἐστιν () ὁ () ἐτάζων αὐτοῦ () τὰ () ἔργα; () Ἢ () τίς () ὁ () εἴπας () Ἔπραξεν () ἄδικα; ()
[24] Μνήσθητι () ὅτι () μεγάλα () ἐστὶν () αὐτοῦ () τὰ () ἔργα, () ὧν () ἦρξαν () ἄνδρες· ()
[25] πᾶς () ἄνθρωπος () εἶδεν () ἐν () ἑαυτῷ, () ὅσοι () τιτρωσκόμενοί εἰσιν () βροτοί.
[26] Ἰδοὺ () ὁ () ἰσχυρὸς () πολύς, () καὶ () οὐ () γνωσόμεθα· () ἀριθμὸς () ἐτῶν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀπέραντος. ()
[27] Ἀριθμηταὶ () δὲ () αὐτῷ () σταγόνες ὑετοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπιχυθήσονται () ὑετῷ () εἰς () νεφέλην· ()
[28] ῥυήσονται () παλαιώματα, ἐσκίασεν δὲ () νέφη () ἐπὶ () ἀμυθήτων βροτῶν. ὥραν () ἔθετο () κτήνεσιν, () οἴδασιν () δὲ () κοίτης () τάξιν. () ἐπὶ () τούτοις () πᾶσιν () οὐκ () ἐξίσταταί () σου () ἡ () διάνοια () οὐδὲ () διαλλάσσεταί () σου () ἡ () καρδία () ἀπὸ () σώματος; ()
[29] Καὶ () ἐὰν () συνῇ () ἀπεκτάσεις νεφέλης, () ἰσότητα () σκηνῆς () αὐτοῦ, ()
[30] ἰδοὺ () ἐκτείνει () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () ηδω καὶ () ῥιζώματα τῆς () θαλάσσης () ἐκάλυψεν. ()
[31] Ἐν () γὰρ () αὐτοῖς () κρινεῖ () λαούς, () δώσει () τροφὴν () τῷ () ἰσχύοντι. ()
[32] Ἐπὶ () χειρῶν () ἐκάλυψεν () φῶς () καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () περὶ () αὐτῆς () ἐν () ἀπαντῶντι· ()
[33] ἀναγγελεῖ () περὶ () αὐτοῦ () φίλον () αὐτοῦ· () κτῆσις καὶ () περὶ () ἀδικίας. ()

Job 36:28 Originally verses 36:28 and 36:28a–b.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.