Job 34

₂Hear my words, O ye wise men;

And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

₃For the ear trieth words,

As the mouth tasteth meat.

₄Let us choose to us judgment:

Let us know among ourselves what is good.

₅For Job hath said, I am righteous:

And God hath taken away my judgment.

₆Should I lie against my right?

My wound is incurable without transgression.

₇What man is like Job,

Who drinketh up scorning like water?

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.

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.

₁₁For the work of a man shall he render unto him,

And cause every man to find according to his ways.

₁₂Yea, surely God will not do wickedly,

Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

₁₃Who hath given him a charge over the earth?

Or who hath disposed the whole world?

₁₄If he set his heart upon man,

If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

₁₅All flesh shall perish together,

And man shall turn again unto dust.

₁₆If now thou hast understanding, hear this:

Hearken to the voice of my words.

₁₇Shall even he that hateth right govern?

And wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

₁₈Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked?

and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

₁₉How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes,

Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor?

For they all are the work of his hands.

₂₀In a moment shall they die,

And the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away:

And the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

₂₁For his eyes are upon the ways of man,

And he seeth all his goings.

₂₂There is no darkness, nor shadow of death,

Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

₂₃For he will not lay upon man more than right;

That he should enter into judgment with God.

₂₄He shall break in pieces mighty men without number,

And set others in their stead.

₂₅Therefore he knoweth their works,

And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

₂₆He striketh them as wicked men

In the open sight of others;

₂₇Because they turned back from him,

And would not consider any of his ways:

₂₈So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him,

And he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

₂₉When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?

And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?

Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

₃₀That the hypocrite reign not,

Lest the people be ensnared.

₃₁Surely it is meet to be said unto God,

I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

₃₂That which I see not teach thou me:

If I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

₃₃Should it be according to thy mind?

He will recompense it, whether thou refuse,

Or whether thou choose; and not I:

Therefore speak what thou knowest.

₃₄Let men of understanding tell me,

And let a wise man hearken unto me.

₃₅Job hath spoken without knowledge,

And his words were without wisdom.

₃₆My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end

Because of his answers for wicked men.

₃₇For he addeth rebellion unto his sin,

He clappeth his hands among us,

And multiplieth his words against God.