1Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2Hear my words, ye wise men, and hearken unto me ye that have knowledge.
3For the ear trieth the words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4Let us seek judgment among us, and 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 in my right? my wound of the arrow is grievous without my sin.
7What man is like Job, that drinketh scornfulness like water?
8Which goeth in the company of them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men?
9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walk with God.
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of wisdom, God forbid that wickedness should be in God, and iniquity in the Almighty.
11For he will render unto man according to his work, and cause everyone to find according to his way.
12And certainly God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13Whom hath he appointed over the earth besides himself? or who hath placed the whole world?
14If he set his heart upon man, and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath,
15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.
16And if thou hast understanding, hear this, and hearken to the voice of my words.
17Shall he that hateth judgment, govern? and wilt thou judge him wicked that is most just?
18Wilt thou say unto a king, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more than the poor? for they be all the work of his hands.
20They shall die suddenly, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass forth and take away the mighty without hand.
21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22There is no darkness nor shadow of death, that the workers of iniquity might be hid therein.
23For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into judgment with God.
24He shall break the mighty without seeking, and shall set up others in their stead.
25Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turn the night, and they shall be destroyed.
26He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
27Because they have turned back from him, and would not consider all his ways:
28So that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
29And when he giveth quietness, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can behold him, whether it be upon nations, or upon a man only?
30Because the hypocrite doth reign, and because the people are snared.
31Surely it appertaineth unto God to say, I have pardoned, I will not destroy.
32But if I see not, teach thou me: if I have done wickedly, I will do no more.
33Will he perform the thing through thee? for thou hast reproved it, because that thou hast chosen, and not I: now speak what thou knowest.
34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35Job hath not spoken of knowledge, neither were his words according to wisdom.
36I desire that Job may be tried, unto the end, touching the answers for wicked men.
37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.