Job 34 - 37

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

1 Then Elihu answered and said:

2 "Hear my words, you wise men,
and give ear to me, you who know;
 3 for g the ear tests words
as the palate tastes food.
 4 Let us choose h what is right;
let us know among ourselves what is good.
 5 For Job has said, 'I am i in the right,
and j God has taken away my right;
 6 in spite of my right I am counted a liar;
my wound is incurable, though I am k without transgression.'
 7 What man is like Job,
who l drinks up scoffing like water,
 8 who travels in company with evildoers
and walks m with wicked men?
 9 For n he has said, 'It profits a man nothing
that he should take delight in God.'

10 "Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should o do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
 11 For according to p the work of a man he will repay him,
and q according to his ways he will make it befall him.
 12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and r the Almighty will not pervert justice.
 13 Who gave him charge over the earth,
and who s laid on him 1 the whole world?
 14 If he should t set his heart to it
and u gather to himself his v spirit and his breath,
 15 all flesh would perish together,
and man would w return to dust.

16 "If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I say.
 17 x Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
 18 who y says to a king, 'Worthless one,'
and to nobles, 'Wicked man,'
 19 who z shows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich a more than the poor,
for b they are all the work of his hands?
 20 In a moment c they die;
at d midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
and the mighty are taken away by e no human hand.

21 "For his eyes are on f the ways of a man,
and he sees all his f steps.
 22 There is no g gloom or h deep darkness
where evildoers may hide themselves.
 23 For God 2 has no need to consider a man further,
that he should go before God in i judgment.
 24 He j shatters the mighty without investigation
and sets l others in their place.
 25 Thus, knowing their works,
he m overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
 26 He strikes them for their wickedness
in a place for all to see,
 27 because they turned aside from n following him
and had no regard for any of his ways,
 28 so that they o caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he p heard the cry of the afflicted -
29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
When he hides his face, who can behold him,
whether it be a nation or a man? -
30 that a godless man should not reign,
that he should not ensnare the people.

31 "For has anyone said to God,
'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
 32 r teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
 33 Will he then make repayment to suit you,
because you reject it?
For you must choose, and not I;
therefore s declare what you know. 3
34 Men of understanding will say to me,
and the wise man who hears me will say:
 35 'Job t speaks without knowledge;
his words are without insight.'
 36 Would that Job were tried to the end,
because he answers like wicked men.
 37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he u claps his hands among us
and multiplies his words against God."

Job 35

Elihu Condemns Job

1 And Elihu answered and said:

2 "Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, v 'It is my right before God,'
 3 that you ask, w 'What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
 4 I will answer you
and x your friends with you.
 5 y Look at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
 6 If you have sinned, z what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
 7 a If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
 8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness b a son of man.

9 "Because of the multitude of c oppressions people d cry out;
they call for help because of the arm of e the mighty. 4
10 But none says, 'Where is God my f Maker,
who gives g songs in the night,
 11 who teaches us h more than the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'
 12 There they i cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
 13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.
 14 How much less when you say that you j do not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are k waiting for him!
 15 And now, because l his anger does not punish,
and he does not take much note of transgression, 5
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
he m multiplies words n without knowledge."

Job 36

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

1 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.
 3 I will get my knowledge from o afar
and ascribe p righteousness to my q Maker.
 4 For truly my words are not false;
one who is r perfect in knowledge is with you.

5 "Behold, God is mighty, and s does not despise any;
he is t mighty in strength of understanding.
 6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
but gives u the afflicted their right.
 7 He does not withdraw his v eyes from the righteous,
but with w kings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are x exalted.
 8 And if they are y bound in chains
and caught in the cords of affliction,
 9 then he declares to them their work
and their transgressions, that they are z behaving arrogantly.
 10 He a opens their ears to instruction
and commands that they b return from iniquity.
 11 c If they listen and serve him,
they d complete their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasantness.
 12 But if they do not listen, they e perish by the sword
and die f without knowledge.

13 "The g godless in heart cherish anger;
they do not cry for help when he h binds them.
 14 They i die in youth,
and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
 15 He delivers j the afflicted by their affliction
and k opens their ear by adversity.
 16 He also allured you out of distress
into l a broad place where there was no cramping,
and what was set on your m table was full of n fatness.

17 "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
judgment and justice seize you.
 18 Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
and let not the greatness of o the ransom turn you aside.
 19 Will your p cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
or all the force of your strength?
 20 Do not long for q the night,
when peoples vanish r in their place.
 21 Take care; s do not turn to iniquity,
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
 22 Behold, God is exalted in his power;
who is t a teacher like him?
 23 Who has u prescribed for him his way,
or who can say, v 'You have done wrong'?

24 "Remember to w extol his work,
of which men have x sung.
 25 All mankind has looked on it;
man beholds it from afar.
 26 Behold, God is great, and we y know him not;
the number of his z years is unsearchable.
 27 For he draws up the drops of water;
they distill his a mist in b rain,
 28 which c the skies pour down
and drop on mankind abundantly.
 29 Can anyone understand d the spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his e pavilion?
 30 Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
and covers the roots of the sea.
 31 For by these he f judges peoples;
he gives g food in abundance.
 32 He covers his h hands with the lightning
and commands it to strike the mark.
 33 Its crashing declares his presence; 6
the cattle also declare that he rises.

Job 37

Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty

1 "At this also my heart trembles
and leaps out of its place.
 2 Keep listening to the thunder of his voice
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
and his i lightning to the j corners of the earth.
 4 After it k his voice roars;
l he thunders with his majestic voice,
and he does not restrain the lightnings 7 when his voice is heard.
 5 God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does m great things that we cannot n comprehend.
 6 For to o the snow he says, 'Fall on the earth,'
likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour.
 7 He p seals up the hand of every man,
that all men whom he made may q know it.
 8 Then the beasts go into their r lairs,
and remain in their s dens.
 9 From t its chamber u comes the whirlwind,
and v cold from the scattering winds.
 10 By the breath of God w ice is given,
and x the broad waters are frozen fast.
 11 He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
the clouds scatter his lightning.
 12 They y turn around and around by his z guidance,
z to accomplish all that he commands them
on the face of a the habitable world.
 13 Whether for b correction or for his c land
or for d love, he causes it to happen.

14 "Hear this, O Job;
stop and e consider the wondrous works of God.
 15 Do you know how God lays his command upon them
and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
 16 Do you know the balancings 8 of the clouds,
the wondrous works of him who is f perfect in knowledge,
 17 you whose garments are hot
when the earth is still because of the south wind?
 18 Can you, like him, g spread out the skies,
hard as a cast metal h mirror?
 19 Teach us what we shall say to him;
we cannot draw up our case because of i darkness.
 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak?
Did a man ever wish that he would be swallowed up?

21 "And now no one looks on the light
when it is bright in the skies,
when the wind has passed and cleared them.
 22 Out of the north comes golden splendor;
God is clothed with j awesome majesty.
 23 The Almighty - we k cannot find him;
he is l great in power;
m justice and abundant righteousness he will not n violate.
 24 Therefore men o fear him;
he does not regard any who are p wise in their own conceit." 9

  1. Cross References
    Job 12:11
    Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
  2. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 5:21 - 22
    But test everything; hold fast what is good.
  3. Cross References
    Job 33:9
    You say, 'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
  4. Cross References
    Job 27:2
    As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
  5. Cross References
    Job 33:9
    You say, 'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
  6. Cross References
    Job 15:16
    How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water!
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 1:1
    Book One Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
  8. Cross References
    Job 9:22 - 23
    It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys bot...
    Job 9:30 - 31
    If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands...
    Job 21:7
    Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow...
    Job 21:15
    What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?...
    Job 24:1
    Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almig...
    Job 35:3
    That you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I ...
    Malachi 3:14
    You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What i...
  9. Cross References
    Job 36:23
    Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can ...
    Genesis 18:25
    Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put t...
    Deuteronomy 32:4
    The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways...
    2 Chronicles 19:7
    Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you....
    Psalms 92:15
    To declare that the Lord is upright; he is my r...
    Romans 9:14
    What shall we say then? Is there injustice on G...
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 62:12
    And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love...
    Proverbs 24:12
    If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," doe...
    Matthew 16:27
    For the Son of Man is going to come with his an...
    Romans 2:6
    He will render to each one according to his works:
    2 Corinthians 5:10
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat...
    1 Peter 1:17
    And if you call on him as Father who judges imp...
    Revelation 22:12
    Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompens...
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:10
    "I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."
    Jeremiah 32:19
    Great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
    Ezekiel 33:20
    Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.
  12. Cross References
    Job 8:3
    Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
  13. Cross References
    Job 38:4 - 7
    Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
  14. Cross References
    Job 2:3
    And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 104:29
    When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
    Psalms 146:4
    When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
  16. Cross References
    Job 32:8
    But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
  17. Cross References
    Job 10:9
    Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 18:25
    Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 22:28
    You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:17
    For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord o...
    2 Chronicles 19:7
    Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you....
    Acts 10:34
    So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I un...
    Romans 2:11
    For God shows no partiality.
    Galatians 2:6
    And from those who seemed to be influential (wh...
    Ephesians 6:9
    Masters, do the same to them, and stop your thr...
    Colossians 3:25
    For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wro...
    1 Peter 1:17
    And if you call on him as Father who judges imp...
  21. Cross References
    James 2:5
    Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
  22. Cross References
    Job 31:15
    Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
  23. Cross References
    Job 21:13
    They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 11:4
    So Moses said, "Thus says the Lord : About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt.
    Job 27:20
    Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
    Job 36:20
    Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place.
  25. Cross References
    Daniel 8:25
    By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken - but by no human hand.
    Lamentations 4:6
    For the chastisement of the daughter of my people has been greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands were wrung for her.
  26. Cross References
    Job 14:16
    For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin.
    Job 31:4
    Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?
  27. Cross References
    Job 14:16
    For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin.
    Job 31:4
    Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 139:12
    Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
    Amos 9:2 - 3
    If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
    Hebrews 4:13
    And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
  29. Cross References
    Job 3:5
    Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
  30. Cross References
    Job 14:3
    And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 2:9
    You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
  32. Cross References
    Job 8:19
    Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the soil others will spring.
  33. Cross References
    Proverbs 12:7
    The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
  34. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:11
    I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
    Psalms 28:5
    Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
    Isaiah 5:12
    They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
  35. Cross References
    Job 35:9
    Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
    James 5:4
    Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
    Genesis 18:20 - 21
    Then the Lord said, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave.
  36. Cross References
    Exodus 3:7
    Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings.
    Exodus 22:23
    If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry.
    Isaiah 32:17
    And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
  37. Cross References
    Job 35:11
    Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
    Job 36:22
    Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
    Psalms 19:12
    Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
    Psalms 86:11
    Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
  38. Cross References
    Job 33:32
    If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
  39. Cross References
    Job 35:16
    Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.
  40. Cross References
    Job 27:23
    It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.
  41. Cross References
    Job 32:2
    Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
  42. Cross References
    Job 34:9
    For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.
  43. Cross References
    Job 34:8
    Who travels in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?
    Job 34:36
    Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.
  44. Cross References
    Job 22:12
    Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
  45. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:36
    But he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death.
    Jeremiah 7:19
    Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?
  46. Cross References
    Job 22:2 - 3
    Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
    Proverbs 9:12
    If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
    Luke 17:10
    So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'
    Job 41:11
    Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
    Romans 11:35
    "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"
  47. Cross References
    Job 25:6
    How much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!
  48. Cross References
    Amos 3:9
    Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressed in her midst.
  49. Cross References
    Exodus 2:23
    During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
    Job 34:28
    So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted -
  50. Cross References
    Job 22:8
    The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man lived in it.
  51. Cross References
    Job 4:17
    Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?
    Deuteronomy 32:6
    Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
  52. Cross References
    Psalms 42:8
    By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
    Psalms 77:6
    I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
    Psalms 149:5
    Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.
    Acts 16:25
    About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
  53. Cross References
    Job 36:22
    Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
    Psalms 94:12
    Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law.
    Isaiah 28:26
    For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.
  54. Cross References
    Job 27:9
    Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  55. Cross References
    Job 9:11
    Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
    Job 23:8 - 9
    Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him.
  56. Cross References
    Job 13:15
    Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
  57. Cross References
    Numbers 16:29
    If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.
    Psalms 89:32
    Then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.
  58. Cross References
    Job 34:37
    For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.
  59. Cross References
    Job 34:35
    'Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.'
    Job 36:12
    But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
    Job 38:2
    Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
    Job 42:3
    Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
  60. Cross References
    Psalms 78:2
    I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
  61. Cross References
    Revelation 15:3 - 4
    And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
    Revelation 16:5
    And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, "Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
    Revelation 16:7
    And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!
    Revelation 19:1 - 2
    After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.
  62. Cross References
    Job 35:10
    But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.
  63. Cross References
    Job 37:16
    Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge.
  64. Cross References
    Job 8:20
    Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
    Psalms 138:6
    For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
  65. Cross References
    Job 9:4
    He is wise in heart and mighty in strength - who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded? -
    Job 12:13
    With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
    Job 12:16
    With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
  66. Cross References
    Job 36:15
    He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.
    Job 34:28
    So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted -
  67. Cross References
    Psalms 33:18
    Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love.
    Psalms 34:15
    The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
  68. Cross References
    Psalms 132:12
    If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall sit on your throne.
    Psalms 113:8
    To make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
  69. Cross References
    Psalms 75:10
    All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
  70. Cross References
    Job 36:13
    The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.
    Psalms 107:10
    Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons.
  71. Cross References
    Job 15:25
    Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty.
  72. Cross References
    Job 33:16
    Then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings.
  73. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:11
    Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 'Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.
  74. Cross References
    Job 36:11 - 12
    If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.
    Isaiah 1:19 - 20
    If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
  75. Cross References
    Job 21:13
    They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
  76. Cross References
    Job 33:18
    He keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
  77. Cross References
    Job 4:21
    Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?
    Job 35:16
    Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.
  78. Cross References
    Job 15:34
    For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
  79. Cross References
    Job 36:8
    And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction.
  80. Cross References
    Job 15:32
    It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.
    Job 22:16
    They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
    Psalms 55:23
    But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
  81. Cross References
    Job 36:6
    He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.
    Job 33:15 - 28
    In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds.
  82. Cross References
    Job 36:10
    He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.
    Psalms 119:67
    Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
    Psalms 119:71
    It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.
  83. Cross References
    Job 37:10
    By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.
    Psalms 4:1
    Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
    Psalms 18:19
    He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.
    Psalms 31:8
    And you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
    Psalms 118:5
    Out of my distress I called on the Lord ; the Lord answered me and set me free.
  84. Cross References
    Psalms 23:5
    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  85. Cross References
    Psalms 36:8
    They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
  86. Cross References
    Job 33:24
    And he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom.
  87. Cross References
    Proverbs 11:4
    Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  88. Cross References
    Job 27:20
    Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
    Job 34:20
    In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
    Job 34:25
    Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
  89. Cross References
    Job 40:12
    Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
  90. Cross References
    Psalms 66:18
    If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
  91. Cross References
    Job 34:32
    Teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
    Job 35:11
    Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
  92. Cross References
    Job 34:13
    Who gave him charge over the earth, and who laid on him the whole world?
    Isaiah 40:13 - 14
    Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
    Romans 11:34
    "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
    1 Corinthians 2:16
    For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
  93. Cross References
    Job 34:10
    Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
  94. Cross References
    Luke 1:46
    And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
    Psalms 92:5
    How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep!
    Revelation 15:3
    And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
  95. Cross References
    Job 33:27
    He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.
    Psalms 104:33
    I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
  96. Cross References
    Job 37:5
    God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
    1 Corinthians 13:12
    For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
  97. Cross References
    Psalms 90:2
    Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
    Psalms 102:27
    But you are the same, and your years have no end.
  98. Cross References
    Genesis 2:6
    And a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground -
  99. Cross References
    Psalms 147:8
    He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
  100. Cross References
    Proverbs 3:20
    By his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
    Deuteronomy 33:28
    So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew.
  101. Cross References
    Job 26:9
    He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud.
  102. Cross References
    Psalms 18:11
    He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
    Psalms 105:39
    He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
  103. Cross References
    Job 37:13
    Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen.
  104. Cross References
    Psalms 104:27 - 28
    These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
    Psalms 136:25
    He who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever.
    Psalms 145:15
    The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
    Psalms 147:9
    He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
    Acts 14:17
    Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
  105. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:4
    His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
  106. Cross References
    Job 36:30
    Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.
    Job 36:32
    He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.
  107. Cross References
    Job 38:13
    That it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
    Isaiah 11:12
    He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
    Ezekiel 7:2
    And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
  108. Cross References
    Job 40:9
    Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
    Psalms 68:33
    To him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
    Psalms 29:3 - 9
    The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
  109. Cross References
    Psalms 18:13
    The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
  110. Cross References
    Job 5:9
    Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
  111. Cross References
    Job 36:26
    Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
  112. Cross References
    Psalms 147:16 - 17
    He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
  113. Cross References
    Daniel 12:9
    He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
    Job 14:17
    My transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity.
  114. Cross References
    Psalms 109:27
    Let them know that this is your hand; you, O Lord, have done it!
  115. Cross References
    Job 38:40
    When they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket?
  116. Cross References
    Psalms 104:22
    When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens.
  117. Cross References
    Job 9:9
    Who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south.
  118. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:1
    The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
    Job 1:19
    And behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.
  119. Cross References
    Psalms 147:17
    He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
  120. Cross References
    Job 38:29 - 30
    From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?
    Psalms 147:17
    He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
  121. Cross References
    Job 36:16
    He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
  122. Cross References
    Genesis 3:24
    He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
  123. Cross References
    Psalms 148:8
    Fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
  124. Cross References
    Psalms 148:8
    Fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
  125. Cross References
    Proverbs 8:31
    Rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.
  126. Cross References
    Exodus 9:18
    Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause v...
    Exodus 9:23
    Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heave...
    1 Samuel 12:18 - 19
    So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord se...
    Ezra 10:9
    Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assemble...
    Job 36:31
    For by these he judges peoples; he gives food i...
    Job 38:22 - 23
    Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, o...
  127. Cross References
    Job 38:26 - 27
    To bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man.
  128. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:45
    And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
  129. Cross References
    Psalms 111:2
    Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.
  130. Cross References
    Job 36:4
    For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
    1 Samuel 2:3
    Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  131. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:5
    Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
    Isaiah 44:24
    Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself.
    Genesis 1:6
    And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
  132. Cross References
    Exodus 38:8
    He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  133. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:2
    For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.
    Ephesians 4:18
    They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
  134. Cross References
    Psalms 104:1
    Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
  135. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:16
    Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
  136. Cross References
    Job 36:5
    Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
  137. Cross References
    Psalms 99:4
    The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  138. Cross References
    Lamentations 3:33
    For he does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
  139. Cross References
    Psalms 130:4
    But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
    Matthew 10:28
    And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
  140. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:21
    Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
    Matthew 11:25
    At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.
    1 Corinthians 1:26
    For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.
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