Job 33

¹ Moreover Elihu spake, and said, Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

² Behold, I am full of matter; the spirit within me constraineth me.

³ Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

⁴ I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

⁵ Let me not, I pray you, respect any person: neither will I give flattering titles to man.

⁶ For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my Maker would soon take me away.

⁷ Surely I would speak, that I might find relief: I open my lips, and the spirit giveth me answer.

⁸ The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

⁹ If thou canst, answer me; set thy words in order before me, stand forth.

¹⁰ Behold, I am toward God as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

¹¹ Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

¹² Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

¹³ I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

¹⁴ Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy;

¹⁵ He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

¹⁶ Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

¹⁷ Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

¹⁸ He will break in pieces, mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

¹⁹ Therefore he delivereth them to the wantonness of their heart, and he letteth them go in the power of their counsel.

²⁰ They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

²¹ But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

²² So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

²³ Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

²⁴ For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

²⁵ He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you.

²⁶ In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

²⁷ You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

²⁸ At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

²⁹ For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

³⁰ And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.

³¹ You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

³² You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.

³³ Lo, this we have searched out; it is true: hear it, and know you it for yourself.