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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/job/36.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Elihu continued speaking:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.</p><p class="line2">For I have not finished defending God!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will present profound arguments</p><p class="line2">for the righteousness of my Creator.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am telling you nothing but the truth,</p><p class="line2">for I am a man of great knowledge.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!</p><p class="line2">He is mighty in both power and understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He does not let the wicked live</p><p class="line2">but gives justice to the afflicted.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He never takes his eyes off the innocent,</p><p class="line2">but he sets them on thrones with kings</p><p class="line2">and exalts them forever.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If they are bound in chains</p><p class="line2">and caught up in a web of trouble,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>he shows them the reason.</p><p class="line2">He shows them their sins of pride.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He gets their attention</p><p class="line2">and commands that they turn from evil.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“If they listen and obey God,</p><p class="line2">they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.</p><p class="line2">All their years will be pleasant.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if they refuse to listen to him,</p><p class="line2">they will cross over the river of death,</p><p class="line2">dying from lack of understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the godless are full of resentment.</p><p class="line2">Even when he punishes them,</p><p class="line2">they refuse to cry out to him for help.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They die when they are young,</p><p class="line2">after wasting their lives in immoral living.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.</p><p class="line2">For he gets their attention through adversity.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“God is leading you away from danger, Job,</p><p class="line2">to a place free from distress.</p><p class="line2">He is setting your table with the best food.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.</p><p class="line2">Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line2">Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Could all your wealth<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">or all your mighty efforts</p><p class="line2">keep you from distress?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do not long for the cover of night,</p><p class="line2">for that is when people will be destroyed.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Be on guard! Turn back from evil,</p><p class="line2">for God sent this suffering</p><p class="line2">to keep you from a life of evil.</p><p class="hdg">Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Look, God is all-powerful.</p><p class="line2">Who is a teacher like him?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>No one can tell him what to do,</p><p class="line2">or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Instead, glorify his mighty works,</p><p class="line2">singing songs of praise.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Everyone has seen these things,</p><p class="line2">though only from a distance.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Look, God is greater than we can understand.</p><p class="line2">His years cannot be counted.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He draws up the water vapor</p><p class="line2">and then distills it into rain.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The rain pours down from the clouds,</p><p class="line2">and everyone benefits.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Who can understand the spreading of the clouds</p><p class="line2">and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>See how he spreads the lightning around him</p><p class="line2">and how it lights up the depths of the sea.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>By these mighty acts he nourishes<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> the people,</p><p class="line2">giving them food in abundance.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He fills his hands with lightning bolts</p><p class="line2">and hurls each at its target.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The thunder announces his presence;</p><p class="line2">the storm announces his indignant anger.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">36:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">But don’t let your anger lead you to mockery.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">36:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Could all your cries for help.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">36:16-20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew in this passage is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">36:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">he governs.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">36:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">even the cattle know when a storm is coming.</span><span class="ft"> The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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