Job 36

English Standard Version

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

36 And Elihu continued, and said:

²“Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
    for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
³I will get my knowledge from ^(A)afar
    and ascribe ^(B)righteousness to my ^(C)Maker.
⁴For truly my words are not false;
    one who is ^(D)perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵“Behold, God is mighty, and ^(E)does not despise any;
    he is ^(F)mighty in strength of understanding.
⁶He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives ^(G)the afflicted their right.
⁷He does not withdraw his ^(H)eyes from the righteous,
    but with ^(I)kings on the throne
    he sets them forever, and they are ^(J)exalted.
⁸And if they are ^(K)bound in chains
    and caught in the cords of affliction,
⁹then he declares to them their work
    and their transgressions, that they are ^(L)behaving arrogantly.
¹⁰He ^(M)opens their ears to instruction
    and commands that they ^(N)return from iniquity.
¹¹^(O)If they listen and serve him,
    they ^(P)complete their days in prosperity,
    and their years in pleasantness.
¹²But if they do not listen, they ^(Q)perish by the sword
    and die ^(R)without knowledge.

¹³“The ^(S)godless in heart cherish anger;
    they do not cry for help when he ^(T)binds them.
¹⁴They ^(U)die in youth,
    and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
¹⁵He delivers ^(V)the afflicted by their affliction
    and ^(W)opens their ear by adversity.
¹⁶He also allured you out of distress
    into ^(X)a broad place where there was no cramping,
    and what was set on your ^(Y)table was full of ^(Z)fatness.

¹⁷“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
    judgment and justice seize you.
¹⁸Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
    and let not the greatness of ^(AA)the ransom turn you aside.
¹⁹Will your ^(AB)cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
    or all the force of your strength?
²⁰Do not long for ^(AC)the night,
    when peoples vanish ^(AD)in their place.
²¹Take care; ^(AE)do not turn to iniquity,
    for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
²²Behold, God is exalted in his power;
    who is ^(AF)a teacher like him?
²³Who has ^(AG)prescribed for him his way,
    or who can say, ^(AH)‘You have done wrong’?

²⁴“Remember to ^(AI)extol his work,
    of which men have ^(AJ)sung.
²⁵All mankind has looked on it;
    man beholds it from afar.
²⁶Behold, God is great, and we ^(AK)know him not;
    the number of his ^(AL)years is unsearchable.
²⁷For he draws up the drops of water;
    they distill his ^(AM)mist in ^(AN)rain,
²⁸which ^(AO)the skies pour down
    and drop on mankind abundantly.
²⁹Can anyone understand ^(AP)the spreading of the clouds,
    the thunderings of his ^(AQ)pavilion?
³⁰Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
    and covers the roots of the sea.
³¹For by these he ^(AR)judges peoples;
    he gives ^(AS)food in abundance.
³²He covers his ^(AT)hands with the lightning
    and commands it to strike the mark.
³³Its crashing declares his presence;^[a]
    the cattle also declare that he rises.

Footnotes

Job 36:33 Hebrew declares concerning him

2 Corinthians 6

English Standard Version

6 ^(A)Working together with him, then, ^(B)we appeal to you ^(C)not to receive the grace of God in vain. ²For he says,

^(D)“In a favorable time I listened to you,
and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, ^(E)now is the ^(F)favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. ³We ^(G)put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, ⁴but ^(H)as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^(I)by great endurance, ^(J)in afflictions, ^(K)hardships, calamities, ⁵^(L)beatings, imprisonments, ^(M)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶^(N)by purity, ^(O)knowledge, patience, kindness, ^(P)the Holy Spirit, ^(Q)genuine love; ⁷by ^(R)truthful speech, and ^(S)the power of God; with ^(T)the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸through honor and dishonor, ^(U)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; ⁹as unknown, and ^(V)yet well known; ^(W)as dying, and behold, we live; ^(X)as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰^(Y)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^(Z)as poor, yet making many rich; ^(AA)as having nothing, ^(AB)yet possessing everything.

¹¹We have spoken freely to you,^[a] Corinthians; ^(AC)our heart is wide open. ¹²You are not restricted by us, but ^(AD)you are restricted in your own affections. ¹³^(AE)In return (I speak ^(AF)as to children) widen your hearts also.

The Temple of the Living God

¹⁴^(AG)Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For ^(AH)what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or ^(AI)what fellowship has light with darkness? ¹⁵^(AJ)What accord has Christ with Belial?^[b] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? ¹⁶What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(AK)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

^(AL)“I will make my dwelling among them and ^(AM)walk among them,
    and ^(AN)I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
¹⁷Therefore ^(AO)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,
¹⁸^(AP)and I will be a father to you,
    and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”