Job 第34章
Elihu Asserts God’s Justice
1Then Elihu answered and said:
2“Hear my words, you wise men,
and give ear to me, you who know;
as the palate tastes food.
4Let us choose 34:4 1 Thess. 5:21, 22what is right;
let us know among ourselves what is good.
and 34:5 ch. 27:2God has taken away my right;
6in spite of my right I am counted a liar;
my wound is incurable, though I am 34:6 ch. 33:9without transgression.’
7What man is like Job,
who 34:7 See ch. 15:16drinks up scoffing like water,
8who travels in company with evildoers
and walks 34:8 [Ps. 1:1]with wicked men?
that he should take delight in God.’
10“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should 34:10 ch. 36:23; Gen. 18:25; Deut. 32:4; 2 Chr. 19:7; Ps. 92:15; Rom. 9:14do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
11For according to 34:11 Ps. 62:12; Prov. 24:12; Matt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6; 2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Pet. 1:17; Rev. 22:12the work of a man he will repay him,
and 34:11 Jer. 17:10; 32:19; Ezek. 33:20according to his ways he will make it befall him.
12Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and 34:12 See ch. 8:3the Almighty will not pervert justice.
13Who gave him charge over the earth,
and who 34:13 See ch. 38:4-7laid on him34:13 Hebrew lacks on him the whole world?
and 34:14 Ps. 104:29; [Ps. 146:4] gather to himself his 34:14 ch. 32:8spirit and his breath,
15all flesh would perish together,
and man would 34:15 See ch. 10:9return to dust.
16“If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I say.
1734:17 [Gen. 18:25]Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’
19who 34:19 Deut. 10:17; 2 Chr. 19:7; Acts 10:34; Rom. 2:11; Gal. 2:6; Eph. 6:9; Col. 3:25; 1 Pet. 1:17shows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich 34:19 [James 2:5] more than the poor,
for 34:19 See ch. 31:15they are all the work of his hands?
where evildoers may hide themselves.
23For God34:23 Hebrew he has no need to consider a man further,
that he should go before God in 34:23 ch. 14:3judgment.
and sets 34:24 See ch. 8:19others in their place.
25Thus, knowing their works,
he 34:25 Prov. 12:7overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
26He strikes them for their wickedness
in a place for all to see,
27because they turned aside from 34:27 1 Sam. 15:11; Ps. 28:5; Isa. 5:12following him
and had no regard for any of his ways,
28so that they 34:28 ch. 35:9; James 5:4; [Gen. 18:20, 21] caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he 34:28 Ex. 3:7; 22:23; Isa. 32:17heard the cry of the afflicted—
29When he is quiet, who can condemn?
When he hides his face, who can behold him,
whether it be a nation or a man?—
30that a godless man should not reign,
that he should not ensnare the people.
31“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
33Will he then make repayment to suit you,
because you reject it?
For you must choose, and not I;
therefore 34:33 ch. 33:32declare what you know.34:33 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 29–33 is uncertain
34Men of understanding will say to me,
and the wise man who hears me will say:
his words are without insight.’
36Would that Job were tried to the end,
because he answers like wicked men.
37For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he 34:37 See ch. 27:23claps his hands among us
and multiplies his words against God.”
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