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Job 36
Job 36
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
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Elihu continued,
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"Put up with me a little longer. I'll show you I can speak up for God even more.
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I get my knowledge from far away. I'll announce that the One who made me is fair.
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You can be sure that my words are true. One who has perfect knowledge is talking to you.
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"God is mighty, but he doesn't hate people. He's mighty, and he knows exactly what he's going to do.
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He doesn't keep alive those who are evil. Instead, he gives suffering people their rights.
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He watches over those who do what is right. He puts them on thrones as if they were kings. He honors them forever.
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But some people are held by chains. They are tied up with painful ropes.
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God tells them what they've done. He tells them they've become proud and sinned against him.
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He makes them listen when he corrects them. He commands them to turn away from the evil things they've done.
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If they obey him and serve him, they'll enjoy a long and happy life. Things will go well with them.
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But if they don't listen to him, they'll be killed with swords. They'll die because they didn't want to know anything about him.
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"Those whose hearts are ungodly are always angry. Even when God puts them in chains, they don't cry out for help.
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They die while they are still young. They die among the male prostitutes at the temples.
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But God saves suffering people while they are suffering. He speaks to them while they are hurting.
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"Job, he wants to take you out of the jaws of trouble. He wants to bring you to a wide and safe place. He'd like to seat you at a table that is loaded with the best food.
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But now you are loaded down with the punishment sinners will receive. You have been judged fairly.
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Be careful that no one tempts you with riches. Don't take money from people who want special favors, no matter how much it is.
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Can your wealth keep you out of trouble? Can all of your mighty efforts keep you going?
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Don't long for the night to come so you can drag people away from their homes.
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Be careful not to do what is evil. You seem to like evil better than suffering!
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"God is honored because he is so powerful. He has no equal as a teacher.
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Who has told him what he can do? Who has said to him, 'You have done what is wrong'?
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Remember to thank him for what he's done. People have praised him with their songs.
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Every human being has seen his work. People can see it from far away.
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How great God is! We'll never completely understand him. We'll never find out how long he has lived.
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"He makes mist rise from the water. Then it falls as rain into the streams.
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The clouds pour down their moisture. Rain showers fall on people everywhere.
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Who can understand how God spreads out the clouds? Who can explain how he thunders from his home in heaven?
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See how he scatters his lightning around him! He lights up the deepest parts of the ocean.
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The rain he sends makes things grow for the nations. He provides them with plenty of food.
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He holds lightning bolts in his hands. He commands them to strike their marks.
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His thunder announces that a storm is coming. Even the cattle let us know it's approaching.
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