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Job 36
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 36 compared with King James Version 36
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1And Elius further continued, and said,
1Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
2Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
3Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words .
4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
14They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.