Job 34:34–37

¹⁵I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

¹⁰Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

¹⁶If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

²Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

⁴Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

¹⁶Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

²What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

²Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

³Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

¹¹Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

⁶The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

⁷Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

¹⁵Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹WHY, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

⁸Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

⁹For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

³Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

²Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

¹⁹If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

²⁰But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

³Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

²Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

¹⁶Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

²Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

³For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

⁷¶ And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

²How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

³Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?