Job 36

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Eliu also proceeded, and said :	1 Elihu went on speaking. He said:
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in 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 repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.	3 I shal range far afield for my arguments to prove my Maker just.
4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.	4 I guarantee, nothing I shal say wil be untrue: you have a man of sound learning here.
5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.	5 God does not reject anyone whose heart is pure
6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.	6 or let the sinner live on in al his power. He does accord fair judgement to the afflicted;
7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne 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 shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty :	8 then he fetters them with chains, they are caught in the bonds of affliction.
9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.	9 He shows them the import of their deeds, of the sins of pride they have committed.
10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.	10 In their ears he sounds a warning, ordering them to turn back from doing wrong.
11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.	11 If they take notice and obey him, the rest of their days are prosperous and the years pass pleasantly.
12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.	12 If not, they go down the Canal and perish in their stupidity.
13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.	13 The stubborn, who cherish their anger and do not cry for help when he chains them,
14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.	14 die in the bloom of youth or live among the male prostitutes of the temple.
15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.	15 But God saves the afflicted by his affliction, warning him in his misery.
16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall 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 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.	17 you did not bring the wicked to trial and did not give fair judgement to the orphan.
18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.	18 Beware of being led astray by abundance, of being corrupted by expensive presents.
19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.	19 Take the powerful to law, not merely the penniless, those whose arm is strong, not merely the weak.
20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.	20 Do not crush people you do not know to instal your relations in their place.
21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.	21 Avoid any tendency to wrong-doing, for this is why affliction is testing you now.
22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.	22 See, God is sublime in his strength and who can teach lessons as he does?
23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has 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 knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.	24 Consider, rather, how you may praise his work, a theme that many have sung.
25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.	25 This is something that everyone can see, gazing, as we do, from afar.
26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.	26 Yes, the greatness of God exceeds our knowledge, the number of his years is past counting.
27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :	27 It is he who makes the raindrops smal and pulverises the rain into mist.
28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.	28 And the clouds then pour this out, sending it streaming down on the human race.
29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent,	29 And who can fathom how he spreads the clouds, or why such crashes thunder from his tent?
30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.	30 He spreads a mist before him and covers the tops of the mountains.
31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.	31 By these means, he sustains the peoples, giving them plenty to eat.
32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.	32 He gathers up the lightning in his hands, assigning it the mark where to strike.
33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.	33 His crashing gives warning of its coming, anger flashes out against iniquity.