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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 36 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/36.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/36-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GWT</a> > Job 36</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/35.htm" title="Job 35">◄</a> Job 36 <a href="../job/37.htm" title="Job 37">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Elihu continued to speak [to Job],</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>"Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said in God's defense.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Certainly, my words are not lies. The one who knows everything is [speaking] with you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>"Certainly, God is mighty. He doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty and brave.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He doesn't allow the wicked person to live. He grants justice to those who are oppressed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He doesn't take his eyes off righteous people. He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>However, if righteous people are bound in chains and tangled in ropes of misery,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>he tells them what they've done wrong and that they've behaved arrogantly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He makes them listen to his warning and orders them to turn away from wrong.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"If righteous people listen and serve [him], they will live out their days in prosperity and their years in comfort.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if they don't listen, they will cross the River [of Death] and die like those who have no knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don't even call for help when he chains them up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They die while they're young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He rescues suffering people through their suffering, and he opens their ears through distress.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>"Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble into an open area where you were not restrained, and your table was covered with rich foods.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But you are given the judgment evil people deserve. A fair judgment will be upheld.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Be careful that you are not led astray with riches. Don't let a large bribe turn you [to evil ways].</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Will your riches save you from having to suffer? Will all your mighty strength help you?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Don't look forward to the night, when people disappear from their places.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Be careful! Don't turn to evil, because you have chosen evil instead of suffering. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>"God does great things by his power. Is there any teacher like him?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who can tell him which way he should go? Who can say to him, 'You did wrong'?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Remember that you should praise his work. People have sung about it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Every person has seen it. Mortals have looked at it from a distance.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>"Certainly, God is so great that he is beyond our understanding. The number of his years cannot be counted.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>which then drips from the clouds. It pours down on many people.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out or how he thunders from his dwelling place?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around him and covers the depths of the sea.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>This is how he uses the rains to provide for people and to give them more than enough food.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He fills his hands with lightning and orders it to hit the target.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The thunder announces his coming. 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