1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 Hear my words, ye wise men;
3 For the ear trieth words,
4 Let us choose for us that which is right:
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous,
6 Notwithstanding my right I am
7 What man is like Job,
8 Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,
9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:
11 For the work of a man will he render unto him,
12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly,
13 Who gave him a charge over the earth?
14 If he set his heart upon himself,
15 All flesh shall perish together,
16 If now
17 Shall even one that hateth justice govern?
18 Him
19 That respecteth not the persons of princes,
20 In a moment they die, even at midnight;
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man,
22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,
23 For he needeth not further to consider a man,
24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men
25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works;
26 He striketh them as wicked men
27 Because they turned aside from following him,
28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him,
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn?
30 That the godless man reign not,
31 For hath any said unto God,
32 That which I see not teach thou me:
33 Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it?
34 Men of understanding will say unto me,
35 Job speaketh without knowledge,
36 Would that Job were tried unto the end,
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin;