Douay Bible - Job Chapter 36

Job 36:1
Eliu also proceeded, and said :

Job 36:2
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God’s behalf.

Job 36:3
I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my maker just.

Job 36:4
For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.

Job 36:5
God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.

Job 36:6
But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

Job 36:7
He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

Job 36:8
And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty :

Job 36:9
He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.

Job 36:10
He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.

Job 36:11
If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.

Job 36:12
But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.

Job 36:13
Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.

Job 36:14
Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.

Job 36:15
He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

Job 36:16
Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

Job 36:17
Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

Job 36:18
Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

Job 36:19
Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.

Job 36:20
Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

Job 36:21
Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

Job 36:22
Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.

Job 36:23
Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity?

Job 36:24
Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.

Job 36:25
All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.

Job 36:26
Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.

Job 36:27
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :

Job 36:28
Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.

Job 36:29
If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

Job 36:30
And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.

Job 36:31
For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.

Job 36:32
In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

Job 36:33
He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.