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1 Fur­ther­more Eli­hu an­swered and said, 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowl­edge. 3 For the ear tri­eth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judg­ment: let us know among our­selves what is good. 5 For Job hath said, I am righ­teous: and God hath tak­en away my judg­ment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is in­cur­able with­out trans­gres­sion. 7 What man is like Job, who drin­keth up scorn­ing like wa­ter? 8 Which goeth in com­pa­ny with the work­ers of in­iq­ui­ty, and walketh with wicked men. 9 For he hath said, It prof­iteth a man noth­ing that he should de­light him­self with God. 10 There­fore 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. 11 For the work of a man shall he ren­der unto him, and cause ev­ery man to find ac­cord­ing to his ways. 12 Yea, sure­ly God will not do wicked­ly, nei­ther will the Almighty per­vert judg­ment. 13 Who hath giv­en him a charge over the earth? or who hath dis­posed the whole world? 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gath­er unto him­self his spir­it and his breath; 15 All flesh shall per­ish to­geth­er, and man shall turn again unto dust. 16 If now thou hast un­der­stand­ing, hear this: hear­ken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right gov­ern? and wilt thou con­demn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are un­god­ly? 19 How 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. 20 In 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. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his go­ings. 22 There is no dark­ness, nor shad­ow of death, where the work­ers of in­iq­ui­ty may hide them­selves. 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should en­ter into judg­ment with God. 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men with­out num­ber, and set oth­ers in their stead. 25 There­fore he knoweth their works, and he over­tur­neth them in the night, so that they are de­stroyed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of oth­ers; 27 Be­cause they turned back from him, and would not con­sid­er any of his ways: 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the af­flict­ed. 29 When 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: 30 That the hyp­ocrite reign not, lest the peo­ple be en­snared. 31 Sure­ly it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not of­fend any more: 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done in­iq­ui­ty, I will do no more. 33 Should 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. 34 Let men of un­der­stand­ing tell me, and let a wise man hear­ken unto me. 35 Job hath spo­ken with­out knowl­edge, and his words were with­out wis­dom. 36 My de­sire is that Job may be tried unto the end be­cause of his an­swers for wicked men. 37 For he ad­deth re­bel­lion unto his sin, he clap­peth his hands among us, and mul­ti­pli­eth his words against God.