Job 36
NASB
Job 36:2
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"Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf.
Job 36:3
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"I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Job 36:4
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"For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Job 36:5
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"Behold, God is mighty but does not despise {any;} {He is} mighty in strength of understanding.
Job 36:6
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"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
Job 36:7
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"He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.
Job 36:8
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"And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction,
Job 36:9
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Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.
Job 36:10
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"He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil.
Job 36:11
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"If they hear and serve {Him,} They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures.
Job 36:12
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"But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge.
Job 36:13
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"But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
Job 36:14
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"They die in youth, And their life {perishes} among the cult prostitutes.
Job 36:15
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"He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in {time of} oppression.
Job 36:16
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"Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.
Job 36:17
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"But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold {of you.}
Job 36:18
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"{Beware} that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
Job 36:19
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"Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of {your} strength?
Job 36:20
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"Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place.
Job 36:21
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"Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you have preferred this to affliction.
Job 36:22
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"Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?
Job 36:23
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"Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, `You have done wrong'?
Job 36:24
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"Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung.
Job 36:25
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"All men have seen it; Man beholds from afar.
Job 36:26
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"Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know {Him;} The number of His years is unsearchable.
Job 36:27
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"For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist,
Job 36:28
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Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly.
Job 36:29
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"Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?
Job 36:30
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"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
Job 36:31
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"For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance.
Job 36:32
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"He covers {His} hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
Job 36:33
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"Its noise declares His presence; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.
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