Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Elihu addeth
and saith:
--
Elihu also
proceeded,
and said,
Honour
me a little, and I shew thee ,
That yet for
God
`are'
words
.
Suffer
me a little, and I will
shew thee that I
have
yet to
speak
on
God's
behalf
.
I lift
up
my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I
ascribe
righteousness
.
I will
fetch
my knowledge from afar, and will
ascribe
righteousness
to my Maker.
For ,
truly ,
my words `are'
not false ,
The
perfect in knowledge `
is '
with thee.
For truly my words shall
not be
false :
he
that
is
perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Lo
, God `
is '
mighty, and despiseth not ,
Mighty `
in '
power
`
and '
heart
.
Behold
, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:
he
is
mighty in strength
and wisdom
.
He reviveth
not the wicked,
And
the
judgment
of the poor appointeth;
He preserveth
not the life
of the wicked:
but
giveth
right
to
the
poor .
He withdraweth not from
the
righteous
His eyes ,
And
`
from '
kings on the throne, And
causeth
them to
sit
for ever, and they are high,
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.
And if prisoners
in fetters They
are
captured
with
cords of affliction ,
And if they
be
bound
in fetters ,
and
be
holden
in
cords of affliction ;
Then He declareth
to
them their work, And their transgressions ,
Because
they have become
mighty,
Then he sheweth
them their work, and their transgressions that
they have exceeded.
And
He uncovereth
their ear for
instruction
, And saith
that they turn
back
from iniquity.
He openeth
also
their ear to
discipline
, and commandeth
that they return
from iniquity.
If they do
hear
and serve, They complete
their days in good
, And their years in pleasantness
.
If they obey
and serve him
, they shall
spend
their days in prosperity
, and their years in pleasures
.
And
if they do
not hearken
, By the dart
they
pass
away
, And expire
without knowledge.
But
if they obey
not, they
shall
perish
by the sword
, and they
shall
die
without knowledge.
And
the profane
in heart set
the
face,
They cry not when He hath
bound
them.
But
the hypocrites
in heart heap
up
wrath:
they cry not when he bindeth
them.
Their
soul
dieth
in youth, And their life among the defiled
.
They
die
in youth, and their life is
among the unclean
.
He draweth
out
the afflicted
in his affliction, And uncovereth
in oppression their
ear
.
He delivereth
the poor
in his affliction, and openeth
their
ears
in oppression.
And
also
He moved
thee from
a
strait place,
`To'
a broad place --
no straitness under
it,
And the
sitting
beyond
of
thy table Hath
been
full of fatness.
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.
And
the judgment of the wicked thou
hast
fulfilled,
Judgment and justice are
upheld
--
because
of
fury,
But
thou
hast
fulfilled
the judgment of the wicked :
judgment and justice take
hold
on
thee.
Lest He move
thee with a
stroke ,
And
the
abundance
of
an
atonement
turn
thee not
aside
.
Because
there
is
wrath,
beware
lest he take
thee away
with his
stroke :
then
a
great
ransom
cannot
deliver
thee.
Doth
He value
thy riches? He
hath
gold, and
all the forces of power
.
Will
he esteem
thy riches? no,
not
gold, nor
all the forces of strength
.
Desire not the night, For
the
going
up
of
peoples
in their stead
.
Desire not the night, when
people
are
cut
off
in their place
.
Take heed --
do
not turn
unto
iniquity ,
For on
this thou
hast fixed
Rather than `on'
affliction.
Take heed ,
regard
not iniquity :
for this hast thou
chosen
rather than affliction.
Lo
, God doth
sit
on
high
by His power ,
Who `is'
like Him --
a
teacher
?
Behold
, God exalteth
by his power :
who teacheth
like him?
Who hath appointed
unto
Him his way? And
who said
, `
Thou hast done
iniquity? '
Who hath enjoined
him his way? or
who can
say
, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
Remember that thou magnify His work That
men have
beheld
.
Remember that thou magnify his work ,
which
men behold
.
All
men
have
looked
on
it ,
Man looketh
attentively
from
afar.
Every
man
may
see
it ;
man may
behold
it
afar off
.
Lo
, God `
is '
high
, And we know not the number of His years ,
Yea,
there
`is'
no
searching
.
Behold
, God is great
, and we know him
not ,
neither
can
the number of his years be
searched
out
.
When
He doth
diminish
droppings
of
the waters,
They refine
rain according to its
vapour ,
For
he maketh
small
the drops
of
water:
they pour
down
rain according to the
vapour thereof:
Which clouds do drop ,
They
distil on
man abundantly.
Which the
clouds do drop and
distil upon
man abundantly.
Yea,
doth
`
any '
understand The spreadings out
of a
cloud?
The noises
of His tabernacle?
Also
can
any understand the spreadings of the clouds,
or
the
noise
of his tabernacle?
Lo
, He hath
spread
over
it
His light, And the roots
of the sea He
hath
covered,
Behold
, he spreadeth
his light upon
it
, and covereth
the bottom
of the sea .
For by them He doth
judge
peoples,
He giveth food
in abundance.
For by them judgeth
he the
people;
he giveth meat
in abundance.
By
two
palms
He hath
covered
the light ,
And layeth
a
charge
over
it in
meeting,
With
clouds
he covereth
the light ;
and commandeth
it not
to
shine
by
the
cloud
that
cometh
betwixt.
He
sheweth by
it `to'
his
friend
substance
, Anger
against
perversity
.
The
noise
thereof
sheweth concerning
it, the
cattle
also
concerning
the
vapour
.
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