Job 35:16 So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."
Job 36:1 Then Elihu continued and said,
Job 36:2 "Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf.
Job 36:4 "For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
Job 36:5 "Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Job 36:6 "He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.
Job 36:7 "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.
Job 36:8 "And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction,
Job 36:9 Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.
Job 36:10 "He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil.
Job 36:11 "If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures.
Job 36:12 "But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge.
Job 36:13 "But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
Job 36:14 "They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.
Job 36:15 "He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression.
Job 36:16 "Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.
Job 36:17 ¶ "But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Job 36:18 "Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
Job 36:19 "Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength?
Job 36:20 "Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place.