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.