Book - Job - Chapter = 34 --> NLT
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Then Elihu said:
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"Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.
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`Just as the mouth tastes good food, the ear tests the words it hears.'
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So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
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For Job has said, `I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.
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I am innocent, but they call me a liar. My suffering is incurable, even though I have not sinned.'
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"Has there ever been a man as arrogant as Job, with his thirst for irreverent talk?
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He seeks the companionship of evil people. He spends his time with wicked men.
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He has even said, `Why waste time trying to please God?'
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"Listen to me, you who have understanding. Everyone knows that God doesn't sin! The Almighty can do no wrong.
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He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people according to their ways.
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There is no truer statement than this: God will not do wrong. The Almighty cannot twist justice.
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Who put the world in his care? Who has set the whole world in place?
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If God were to take back his spirit and withdraw his breath,
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all life would cease, and humanity would turn again to dust.
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"Listen now and try to understand.
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Could God govern if he hated justice? Are you going to condemn the almighty Judge?
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For he says to kings and nobles, `You are wicked and unjust.'
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He doesn't care how great a person may be, and he doesn't pay any more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.
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In a moment they die. At midnight they all pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
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"For God carefully watches the way people live; he sees everything they do.
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No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.
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For it is not up to mortals to decide when to come before God in judgment.
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He brings the mighty to ruin without asking anyone, and he sets up others in their places.
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He watches what they do, and in the night he overturns them, destroying them.
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He openly strikes them down for their wickedness.
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For they turned aside from following him. They have no respect for any of his ways.
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So they cause the poor to cry out, catching God's attention. Yes, he hears the cries of the needy.
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When he is quiet, who can make trouble? But when he hides his face, who can find him?
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He prevents the godless from ruling so they cannot be a snare to the people.
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"Why don't people say to God, `I have sinned, but I will sin no more'?
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Or `I don't know what evil I have done; tell me, and I will stop at once'?
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"Must God tailor his justice to your demands? But you have rejected him! The choice is yours, not mine. Go ahead, share your wisdom with us.
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After all, bright people will tell me, and wise people will hear me say,
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`Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.'
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Job, you deserve the maximum penalty for the wicked way you have talked.
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For now you have added rebellion and blasphemy against God to your other sins."