Job 36

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,	1 Elihu went on speaking. He said:
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.	2 Be patient a little longer while I explain, for I have more to say on God's behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.	3 I shal range far afield for my arguments to prove my Maker just.
4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.	4 I guarantee, nothing I shal say wil be untrue: you have a man of sound learning here.
5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.	5 God does not reject anyone whose heart is pure
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.	6 or let the sinner live on in al his power. He does accord fair judgement to the afflicted;
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.	7 he does uphold what the upright deserve. When he raises kings to thrones, if they grow proud of theirunending rule,
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;	8 then he fetters them with chains, they are caught in the bonds of affliction.
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.	9 He shows them the import of their deeds, of the sins of pride they have committed.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.	10 In their ears he sounds a warning, ordering them to turn back from doing wrong.
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.	11 If they take notice and obey him, the rest of their days are prosperous and the years pass pleasantly.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.	12 If not, they go down the Canal and perish in their stupidity.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.	13 The stubborn, who cherish their anger and do not cry for help when he chains them,
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.	14 die in the bloom of youth or live among the male prostitutes of the temple.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.	15 But God saves the afflicted by his affliction, warning him in his misery.
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.	16 You, too, he would like to snatch from torment. While you were enjoying boundless abundance, withrich food piled high on your table,
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.	17 you did not bring the wicked to trial and did not give fair judgement to the orphan.
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.	18 Beware of being led astray by abundance, of being corrupted by expensive presents.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.	19 Take the powerful to law, not merely the penniless, those whose arm is strong, not merely the weak.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.	20 Do not crush people you do not know to instal your relations in their place.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.	21 Avoid any tendency to wrong-doing, for this is why affliction is testing you now.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?	22 See, God is sublime in his strength and who can teach lessons as he does?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?	23 Who has even told him which course to take, or dared to say to him, 'You have done wrong'?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.	24 Consider, rather, how you may praise his work, a theme that many have sung.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.	25 This is something that everyone can see, gazing, as we do, from afar.
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.	26 Yes, the greatness of God exceeds our knowledge, the number of his years is past counting.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:	27 It is he who makes the raindrops smal and pulverises the rain into mist.
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.	28 And the clouds then pour this out, sending it streaming down on the human race.
29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?	29 And who can fathom how he spreads the clouds, or why such crashes thunder from his tent?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.	30 He spreads a mist before him and covers the tops of the mountains.
31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.	31 By these means, he sustains the peoples, giving them plenty to eat.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.	32 He gathers up the lightning in his hands, assigning it the mark where to strike.
33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.	33 His crashing gives warning of its coming, anger flashes out against iniquity.