36: 2 384Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For 385I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf.
384Hb. Wait for me
385Hb. There are yet words for God.
36: 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
36: 4 For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
36: 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of 386understanding.
386Hb. heart.
36: 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right.
36: 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them ever after, and they are exalted.
36: 8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;
36: 9 Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
36: 10 He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
36: 11 If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in 387pleasures.
387Or, the pleasantnesses.
36: 12 But if they hearken not, they shall perish by 388the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
388Or, weapons,
36: 13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
36: 14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life perisheth 389among the 390unclean.
389Or, like
390Or, sodomites. or, male prostitutes. See Dt 23:17.
36: 15 He delivereth the afflicted 391by their affliction, And openeth their ear 392in oppression.
391Or, in
392Or, by adversity.
36: 16 Yes, he would have allured thee 393out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
393Hb. out of the mouth of distress
36: 17 But thou 394art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee.
394Or, hast filled up the judgment of the wicked:
36: 18 395For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the payment turn thee aside.
395Or, Because there is wrath, beware lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency;
36: 19 Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength?
36: 20 Desire not the night, When peoples 396are cut off in their place.
396Hb. go up in their place.
36: 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
36: 22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
36: 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
36: 24 Remember that 397thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
3974QJoba Aram. read great is his work
36: 25 All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
36: 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
36: 27 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain 398from 399his vapor,
398Hb. belonging to
399Or, the vapor thereof,
36: 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
36: 29 Yes, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his 400pavilion?
400Lit. booth
36: 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light 401around him; And he 402covereth the bottom of the sea.
401Or, thereon;
402Or, covereth it with the depths of the sea.
36: 31 For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
36: 32 He covereth his hands with the 403lightning, And giveth it a charge 404that it strike the mark.
403Hb. light, Also in ch. 37:3, 11.
404Or, against the assailant.
36: 33 The noise thereof telleth concerning 405him, The cattle also concerning 406the storm that cometh up.
405Or, it,
406Or, him that cometh up.
