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For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If they hearken and serve him , They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee .</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy'strength?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/35.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 35"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 35" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/37.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 37"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 37" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/job/36-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>