Elihu Describes God’s Power 1 ULT And Elihu continued and said, BSB BSB: And Elihu continued:
2 ULT “Be patient with me a little and I will show you, for{ there are} yet words to God. 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 ULT I will carry my knowledge to from afar, and I will attribute righteousness to my Maker. BSB BSB: I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 ULT For truly my words{ will} not{ be} false; the complete in knowledge{ is} with you. BSB BSB: For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 ULT Behold, God{ is} mighty, and he does not despise; mighty, strong in heart. BSB BSB: Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 ULT He does not keep the wicked alive, but he gives the lowly justice. BSB BSB: He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
7 ULT He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them on a throne with kings forever, and they rise high. BSB BSB: He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 ULT But if{ they are} bound in chains and they are caught in cords of affliction, BSB BSB: And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
9 ULT then he declares to them their deeds and their transgressions, for they magnified themselves, BSB BSB: then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10 ULT and he opens their ear to correction and says that they shall return from iniquity. BSB BSB: He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 ULT If they hear and serve{ him}, they will complete their days in good and their years in pleasantness. BSB BSB: If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
12 ULT But if they do not hear, they will cross over by a weapon, and they will expire as without knowledge. BSB BSB: But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 ULT And the godless of heart keep the nose; they do not cry out when he binds them. BSB BSB: The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
14 ULT Their soul dies in youth, and their life{ is} among the cultic prostitutes. BSB BSB: They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 ULT He delivers the afflicted by his affliction, and he opens their ear by oppression. BSB BSB: God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16 ULT And indeed, he has drawn you from the mouth of distress{ to} a broad place{ with} no constriction under it, and the setting of your table he has filled{ with} 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 ULT But you are full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold. BSB BSB: But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
18 ULT For wrath, lest it entice you into clapping, and the greatness of a ransom will not deliver you. BSB BSB: Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
19 ULT Will he esteem your riches? Not gold or all of the strengths of wealth! BSB BSB: Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
20 ULT Do not desire the night,{ which is} to the departing of peoples{ from} their place. BSB BSB: Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
21 ULT Watch yourself, do not turn to sin, for you have chosen upon that rather than affliction. BSB BSB: Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
22 ULT Behold, God causes to be high in his power. Who{ is} a teacher like him? BSB BSB: Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
23 ULT Who has appointed his way to him? Or who has said,‘You have committed unrighteousness?’ BSB BSB: Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 ULT Remember that you magnify his work, which men have sung. BSB BSB: Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
25 ULT Every man has looked upon it; man has regarded from afar. BSB BSB: All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
26 ULT Behold, God{ is} great, but we do not know{ him}; the number of his years, indeed,{ there is} no searching. BSB BSB: Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 ULT For he draws up the drops of water; they distill{ as} rain into his stream, BSB BSB: For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28 ULT which the clouds pour down; they drop upon man{ in} abundance. BSB BSB: which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
29 ULT Indeed, if one will understand the spread of the cloud, the thunder from his booth? BSB BSB: Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
30 ULT Behold, he spreads his lightning upon it, and he covers the roots of the sea. BSB BSB: See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
31 ULT For by them he judges the peoples; he gives food in abundance. BSB BSB: For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
32 ULT He covers over his hands{ with} lightning and he enjoins upon it against the mark. BSB BSB: He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 ULT He declares his shout about it; the cattle also about the thing arising. BSB BSB: The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
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