Elihu Describes God’s Power 1 AKJV Elihu also proceeded, and said, BSB BSB: And Elihu continued:
2 AKJV Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf. BSB BSB: “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
3 AKJV I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. BSB BSB: I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 AKJV For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you. BSB BSB: For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 AKJV Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. BSB BSB: Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 AKJV He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor. BSB BSB: He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
7 AKJV He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he does establish them for ever, and they are exalted. BSB BSB: He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 AKJV And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction; BSB BSB: And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
9 AKJV Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. BSB BSB: then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10 AKJV He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. BSB BSB: He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 AKJV If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. BSB BSB: If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
12 AKJV But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. BSB BSB: But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 AKJV But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them. BSB BSB: The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
14 AKJV They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. BSB BSB: They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 AKJV He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression. BSB BSB: God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16 AKJV Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no narrow place; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness. BSB BSB: Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
17 AKJV But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you. BSB BSB: But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
18 AKJV Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you. BSB BSB: Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
19 AKJV Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. BSB BSB: Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
20 AKJV Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. BSB BSB: Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
21 AKJV Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction. BSB BSB: Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
22 AKJV Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him? BSB BSB: Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
23 AKJV Who has enjoined him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity? BSB BSB: Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 AKJV Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold. BSB BSB: Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
25 AKJV Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. BSB BSB: All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
26 AKJV Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. BSB BSB: Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 AKJV For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: BSB BSB: For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28 AKJV Which the clouds do drop and distil on man abundantly. BSB BSB: which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
29 AKJV Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? BSB BSB: Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
30 AKJV Behold, he spreads his light on it, and covers the bottom of the sea. BSB BSB: See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
31 AKJV For by them judges he the people; he gives meat in abundance. BSB BSB: For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
32 AKJV With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between. BSB BSB: He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 AKJV The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor. BSB BSB: The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
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