1 GLT Elihu continued on and said, BSB BSB: And Elihu continued:
2 GLT “Permit me to speak a little longer, and I will show you some things because I have a little more to say in defense of 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 GLT I will obtain my knowledge from far off; I will acknowledge that righteousness belongs to my Maker. BSB BSB: I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 GLT For indeed, my words will not be false; someone who is mature in knowledge is with you. BSB BSB: For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 GLT See, God is mighty, and despises no one; he is mighty in strength of understanding. BSB BSB: Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 GLT He does not preserve the life of wicked people but instead does what is right for those who suffer. BSB BSB: He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
7 GLT He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, and they are lifted up. BSB BSB: He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8 GLT If they are bound in chains and trapped in cords of suffering, BSB BSB: And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
9 GLT then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions and their pride. BSB BSB: then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10 GLT He also opens their ears to his instruction, and commands them to turn back from iniquity. BSB BSB: He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 GLT If they listen to him and worship him, they will spend their days in prosperity, their years in contentment. BSB BSB: If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
12 GLT However, if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die because they have no knowledge. BSB BSB: But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13 GLT Those who are godless in heart store up their anger; they do not cry out for help even when God ties them up. BSB BSB: The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
14 GLT They die in their youth; their lives end among the cultic prostitutes. BSB BSB: They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15 GLT God rescues afflicted people by means of their afflictions; he opens their ears by means of their oppression. BSB BSB: God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16 GLT Indeed, he would like to draw you out of distress into a broad place where there is no hardship and where your table would be set with food 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 GLT But you are full of judgment on wicked people; judgment and justice have laid hold of you. BSB BSB: But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
18 GLT Do not let your anger entice you to mockery, or the greatness of a ransom to turn you aside. BSB BSB: Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
19 GLT Can your wealth benefit you, so that you will not be in distress, or can all the force of your strength help you? BSB BSB: Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
20 GLT Do not desire the night, to commit sin against others, when peoples are cut off in their place. BSB BSB: Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
21 GLT Be careful that you do not turn to sin because you are being tested by suffering so that you will stay away from sinning. BSB BSB: Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
22 GLT See, God is exalted 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 GLT Who has ever instructed him about his way? Who can ever say to him,‘You have committed unrighteousness?’ BSB BSB: Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24 GLT Remember to praise his deeds, of which people have sung. BSB BSB: Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
25 GLT All people have looked on those deeds, but they see those deeds only from far away. BSB BSB: All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
26 GLT See, God is great, but we do not understand him well; the number of his years is incalculable. BSB BSB: Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 GLT For he draws up the drops of water that he distills as rain from his vapor, BSB BSB: For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28 GLT which the clouds pour down and drop in abundance on mankind. BSB BSB: which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
29 GLT Indeed, can anyone understand the extensive spread of the clouds and the thunder from his hut? BSB BSB: Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
30 GLT See, he spreads his lightning around him and covers the roots of the sea. BSB BSB: See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
31 GLT In this way he judges the peoples and gives food in abundance. BSB BSB: For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
32 GLT He fills his hands with the lightning until he commands it to strike its mark. BSB BSB: He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33 GLT Its thunder warns of the storm, the cattle can also hear it is coming. BSB BSB: The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
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