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  36:1 ¶
And Elihu{gr.Elius} further continued, and said, |
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36:1 ¶
Elihuº
also proceeded,ºº
and said,ºº |
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36:2
Wait form me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me. |
36:2
Sufferºº
me a little,º
and I will shewºº
thee thatº
[I have] yetº
to speakº
on Eloah'sº
behalf. |
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36:3
Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works, |
36:3
I will fetchºº
my knowledgeº
from afar,ºº
and will ascribeºº
righteousnessº
to my Maker.ºº |
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36:4
I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words. |
36:4
Forº
trulyº
my wordsº
[shall] notº
[be] false:º
he that is perfectº
in knowledgeº
[is] withº
thee. |
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36:5
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom, |
36:5
Behold,º
Elº
[is] mighty,º
and despisethºº
notº
[any: he is] mightyº
in strengthº
[and] wisdom.º |
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36:6
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor. |
36:6
He preserveth not the lifeººº
of the wicked:º
but givethºº
rightº
to the poor.º |
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36:7
He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted. |
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He withdrawethºº
notº
his eyesº
from the righteous:ºº
but withº
kingsº
[are they] on the throne;º
yea, he doth establishºº
them for ever,º
and they are exalted.ºº |
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36:8
But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty. |
36:8
And ifº
[they be] boundºº
in fetters,º
[and] be holdenºº
in cordsº
of affliction;º |
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36:9
And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence. |
36:9
Then he shewethºº
them their work,º
and their transgressionsº
thatº
they have exceeded.ºº |
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36:10
But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness. |
36:10
He openethºº
also their earº
to discipline,º
and commandethºº
thatº
they returnºº
from iniquity.ºº |
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36:11
If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour. |
36:11
Ifº
they obeyºº
and serveºº
[him], they shall spendºº
their daysº
in prosperity,º
and their yearsº
in pleasures.º |
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36:12
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient. |
36:12
But ifº
they obeyºº
not,º
they shall perishºº
by the sword,º
and they shall dieºº
withoutº
knowledge.º |
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36:13
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them. |
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But the hypocritesº
in heartº
heap upºº
wrath:º
they cryºº
notº
whenº
he bindethºº
them. |
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36:14
Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death]. |
36:14
Theyº
dieºº
in youth,º
and their lifeº
[is] among the unclean.º |
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36:15
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek. |
36:15
He deliverethºº
the poorº
in his affliction,º
and openethºº
their earsº
in oppression.º |
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36:16
And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy: |
36:16
Even soº
would he have removedºº
thee out of the straitººº
[into] a broad place,º
whereº
[there is] noº
straitness;º
and that which should be setº
on thy tableº
[should be] fullºº
of fatness.º |
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36:17
[there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous; |
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But thou hast fulfilledºº
the judgmentº
of the wicked:º
judgmentº
and justiceº
take holdºº
[on thee]. |
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36:18
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities. |
36:18
Becauseº
[there is] wrath,º
[beware] lestº
he take thee awayºº
with [his] stroke:º
then a greatºº
ransomº
cannotº
deliverºº
thee. |
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36:19
Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress. |
36:19
Will he esteemºº
thy riches?º
[no], notº
gold,º
nor allº
the forcesº
of strength.º |
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36:20
And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them. |
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Desireºº
notº
the night,º
when peopleº
are cut offºº
in their place.º |
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36:21
But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has made choice because of poverty. |
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Take heed,ºº
regardºº
notººº
iniquity:º
forºº
thisº
hast thou chosenºº
rather than affliction.ºº |
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36:22
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is? |
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Behold,º
Elº
exaltethºº
by his power:º
whoº
teachethºº
like him?º |
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36:23
And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice? |
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Whoº
hath enjoinedººº
him his way?º
or whoº
can say,ºº
Thou hast wroughtºº
iniquity?º |
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36:24
Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted. |
36:24
Rememberºº
thatº
thou magnifyºº
his work,º
whichº
menºº
behold.ººº |
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36:25
Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded. |
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Everyº
manº
may seeºº
it; manº
may beholdºº
[it] afar off.ºº |
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36:26
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite. |
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Behold,º
Elº
[is] great,º
and we knowºº
[him] not,º
neitherº
can the numberº
of his yearsº
be searched out.º |
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36:27
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud. |
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Forº
he maketh smallºº
the dropsº
of water:º
they pour downºº
rainº
according to the vapourº
thereof: |
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36:28
The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in [thy] body. |
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Whichº
the cloudsº
do dropºº
[and] distilºº
uponº
manº
abundantly.º |
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36:29
And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle; |
36:29
Alsoºº
can [any] understandºº
the spreadingsº
of the clouds,º
[or] the noiseº
of his tabernacle?º |
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36:30
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea. |
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Behold,º
he spreadethºº
his lightº
uponº
it, and coverethºº
the bottomº
of the sea.º |
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36:31
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength. |
36:31
Forº
by them judgethºº
he the people;º
he givethºº
meatº
in abundance.ºº |
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36:32
He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud]. |
36:32
Withº
cloudsº
he coverethºº
the light;º
and commandethºº
it [not to shine] byº
[the cloud] that cometh betwixt.ºº |
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36:33
The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness. |
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The noiseº
thereof shewethºº
concerningº
it, the cattleº
alsoº
concerningº
the vapour.ºº |
