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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">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/job/36.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Job.36" /><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Elihu continued, saying:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,</p><p class="poem">for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will get my knowledge from a distant place</p><p class="poem">and ascribe justice to my Maker.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Indeed, my words are not false;</p><p class="poem">one who has complete knowledge is with you.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;</p><p class="poem">he understands all things.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He does not keep the wicked alive,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but he gives justice to the oppressed.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,</p><p class="poem">but he seats them forever with enthroned kings,</p><p class="poem">and they are exalted.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If people are bound with chains</p><p class="poem">and trapped by the cords of affliction,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God tells them what they have done</p><p class="poem">and how arrogantly they have transgressed.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He opens their ears<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to correction</p><p class="poem">and tells them to repent from iniquity.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If they listen and serve him,</p><p class="poem">they will end their days in prosperity</p><p class="poem">and their years in happiness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if they do not listen,</p><p class="poem">they will cross the river of death<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">and die without knowledge.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;</p><p class="poem">even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They die in their youth;</p><p class="poem">their life ends among male cult prostitutes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;</p><p class="poem">he instructs them by their torment.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Indeed, he lured you from the jaws<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of distress</p><p class="poem">to a spacious and unconfined place.</p><p class="poem">Your table was spread with choice food.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;</p><p class="poem">judgment and justice have seized you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Be careful that no one lures you with riches;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">do not let a large ransom<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.18.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> lead you astray.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Can your wealth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> or all your physical exertion</p><p class="poem">keep you from distress?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Do not long for the night</p><p class="poem">when nations will disappear from their places.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,</p><p class="poem">for that is why you have been tested by<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> affliction.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.</p><p class="poem">Who is a teacher like him?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who has appointed his way for him,</p><p class="poem">and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Remember that you should praise his work,</p><p class="poem">which people have sung about.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>All mankind has seen it;</p><p class="poem">people have looked at it from a distance.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the number of his years cannot be counted.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.26.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For he makes waterdrops evaporate;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.27.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">they distill the rain into its<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.27.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> mist,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>which the clouds pour out</p><p class="poem">and shower abundantly on mankind.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out</p><p class="poem">or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>See how he spreads his lightning<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> around him</p><p class="poem">and covers the depths of the sea.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For he judges the nations with these;</p><p class="poem">he gives food in abundance.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.36.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He covers his hands with lightning</p><p class="poem">and commands it to hit its mark.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.36.33" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/36-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> thunder declares his presence;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.36.33.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">the cattle also, the approaching storm.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.36" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.36.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.5">36:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">he is mighty in strength of heart</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.12">36:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">will perish by the sword</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.16">36:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">from a mouth of narrowness</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.18">36:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">you into mockery</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.18.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.18">36:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">bribe</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.19">36:19</a></span> Or <span class="italic">cry for help</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.21">36:21</a></span> Or <span class="italic">for you have preferred this to</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.27.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.27">36:27</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">he draws in waterdrops</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.27.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.27">36:27</a></span> Or <span class="italic">his</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.33">36:33</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">His</span>, or <span class="italic">Its</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.36.33.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.33">36:33</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">thunder announces concerning him</span> or <span class="italic">it</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.36" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.36.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.5">36:5</a></span> Jb 9:4; 12:13; 38:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.6">36:6</a></span> Gn 18:25; Jb 8:20; 2Pt 2:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.10">36:10</a></span> Jb 4:12; 13:1; 33:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.11">36:11</a></span> Jb 21:13; 22:2; Is 1:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.12">36:12</a></span> Jb 4:21; 33:18; Hs 4:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.14">36:14</a></span> Dt 23:17; 1Kg 14:24; 22:46</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.18">36:18</a></span> 1Sm 12:3; Ps 26:10; Am 5:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.19">36:19</a></span> 1Sm 22:2; Jb 15:24; Ps 107:6,13,19,28</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.23">36:23</a></span> Jb 34:10,13; Is 40:13–14; Rm 11:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.24">36:24</a></span> Ps 92:5; 104:33; Rv 15:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.25">36:25</a></span> Ps 19:3; Rm 1:19–20; Heb 11:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.26">36:26</a></span> Jb 9:10; 37:5,23; Ec 8:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.26.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.26">36:26</a></span> Ps 90:2; 102:24,27; Heb 1:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.27">36:27</a></span> Gn 2:6; Jb 38:28; Ps 147:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.29">36:29</a></span> Jb 26:14; 37:16; Ps 105:39</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.30">36:30</a></span> 2Sm 22:15; Jb 38:28; Ps 18:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.36.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.36.31">36:31</a></span> Jb 37:13; Ps 136:25; Ac 14:17</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.36" class="snSection"><br 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