# Job 36 ## Job 36:1 - [KJV] Elihu also proceeded, and said, - [ASV] Elihu also proceeded, and said, - [YLT] And Elihu addeth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 36:1 - ## Job 36:2 - [KJV] Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that *I have* yet to speak on God's behalf. - [ASV] Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf. - [YLT] Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God *are* words. ### Notes on Job 36:2 - ## Job 36:3 - [KJV] I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. - [ASV] I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. - [YLT] I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness. ### Notes on Job 36:3 - ## Job 36:4 - [KJV] For truly my words *shall* not *be* false: he that is perfect in knowledge *is* with thee. - [ASV] For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. - [YLT] For, truly, my words *are* not false, The perfect in knowledge *is* with thee. ### Notes on Job 36:4 - ## Job 36:5 - [KJV] Behold, God *is* mighty, and despiseth not *any: he is* mighty in strength *and* wisdom. - [ASV] Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. - [YLT] Lo, God *is* mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty *in* power *and* heart. ### Notes on Job 36:5 - ## Job 36:6 - [KJV] He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. - [ASV] He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted *their* right. - [YLT] He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; ### Notes on Job 36:6 - ## Job 36:7 - [KJV] He 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. - [ASV] He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. - [YLT] He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And *from* kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, ### Notes on Job 36:7 - ## Job 36:8 - [KJV] And if *they be* bound in fetters, *and* be holden in cords of affliction; - [ASV] And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; - [YLT] And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, ### Notes on Job 36:8 - ## Job 36:9 - [KJV] Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. - [ASV] Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. - [YLT] Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty, ### Notes on Job 36:9 - ## Job 36:10 - [KJV] He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. - [ASV] He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. - [YLT] And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity. ### Notes on Job 36:10 - ## Job 36:11 - [KJV] If they obey and serve *him*, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. - [ASV] If they hearken and serve *him*, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. - [YLT] If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. ### Notes on Job 36:11 - ## Job 36:12 - [KJV] But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. - [ASV] But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. - [YLT] And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. ### Notes on Job 36:12 - ## Job 36:13 - [KJV] But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. - [ASV] But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. - [YLT] And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them. ### Notes on Job 36:13 - ## Job 36:14 - [KJV] They die in youth, and their life *is* among the unclean. - [ASV] They die in youth, And their life *perisheth* among the unclean. - [YLT] Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled. ### Notes on Job 36:14 - ## Job 36:15 - [KJV] He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. - [ASV] He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. - [YLT] He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear. ### Notes on Job 36:15 - ## Job 36:16 - [KJV] Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait *into* a broad place, where *there is* no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table *should be* full of fatness. - [ASV] Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. - [YLT] And also He moved thee from a strait place, *To* a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness. ### Notes on Job 36:16 - ## Job 36:17 - [KJV] But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold *on thee*. - [ASV] But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold *on thee*. - [YLT] And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury, ### Notes on Job 36:17 - ## Job 36:18 - [KJV] Because *there is* wrath, *beware* lest he take thee away with *his* stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. - [ASV] For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. - [YLT] Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside. ### Notes on Job 36:18 - ## Job 36:19 - [KJV] Will he esteem thy riches? *no*, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. - [ASV] Will thy cry avail, *that thou be* not in distress, Or all the forces of *thy* strength? - [YLT] Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power. ### Notes on Job 36:19 - ## Job 36:20 - [KJV] Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. - [ASV] Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. - [YLT] Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead. ### Notes on Job 36:20 - ## Job 36:21 - [KJV] Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. - [ASV] Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. - [YLT] Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than *on* affliction. ### Notes on Job 36:21 - ## Job 36:22 - [KJV] Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? - [ASV] Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? - [YLT] Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who *is* like Him -- a teacher? ### Notes on Job 36:22 - ## Job 36:23 - [KJV] Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? - [ASV] Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? - [YLT] Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?' ### Notes on Job 36:23 - ## Job 36:24 - [KJV] Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. - [ASV] Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. - [YLT] Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld. ### Notes on Job 36:24 - ## Job 36:25 - [KJV] Every man may see it; man may behold *it* afar off. - [ASV] All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. - [YLT] All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar. ### Notes on Job 36:25 - ## Job 36:26 - [KJV] Behold, God *is* great, and we know *him* not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. - [ASV] Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. - [YLT] Lo, God *is* high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there *is* no searching. ### Notes on Job 36:26 - ## Job 36:27 - [KJV] For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: - [ASV] For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, - [YLT] When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour, ### Notes on Job 36:27 - ## Job 36:28 - [KJV] Which the clouds do drop *and* distil upon man abundantly. - [ASV] Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. - [YLT] Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly. ### Notes on Job 36:28 - ## Job 36:29 - [KJV] Also can *any* understand the spreadings of the clouds, *or* the noise of his tabernacle? - [ASV] Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? - [YLT] Yea, doth *any* understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle? ### Notes on Job 36:29 - ## Job 36:30 - [KJV] Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. - [ASV] Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. - [YLT] Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered, ### Notes on Job 36:30 - ## Job 36:31 - [KJV] For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. - [ASV] For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. - [YLT] For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance. ### Notes on Job 36:31 - ## Job 36:32 - [KJV] With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it *not to shine* by *the cloud* that cometh betwixt. - [ASV] He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. - [YLT] By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting, ### Notes on Job 36:32 - ## Job 36:33 - [KJV] The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. - [ASV] The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning *the storm* that cometh up. - [YLT] He sheweth by it *to* his friend substance, Anger against perversity. ### Notes on Job 36:33 -