Job 34

¹Moreover Elihu answered and said,

²Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

³For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

⁴Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

⁵For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:

⁶Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.

⁷What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,

⁸And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

⁹For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

¹⁰Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from God, and wrong from the Almighty!

¹¹For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to [his] way.

¹²Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.

¹³Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?

¹⁴If he only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

¹⁵All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.

¹⁶If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!