Job 36:1-33 Elihu Proceeds to Challenge Job

Elihu Proceeds to Challenge Job

Job 36:1-33                                  Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks]

Elihu also proceeded, & said, [Allow] me a little [time,] & I will [declare to] you, [what] I have yet to speak on God's behalf. I will [get] my knowledge from afar, & I will [attribute] righteousness to my Maker. For truly, my words shall not be false.

He, [Who] is perfect in knowledge is with you. [See,] God is mighty, & [doesn't despise anyone.] He is mighty in strength & wisdom. He [doesn't preserve] the life of the wicked, but [gives justice] to the poor. [Proverbs 14:31 He [who oppresses] the poor, [disgraces] his Maker, but he [who honors the Lord God has] mercy on the poor.]

[God doesn't withdraw] His eyes from the righteous, but with kings they, [a.k.a. the Lord God's eyes,] are on the throne; [yes,] He [establishes] them forever, & they are exalted. [Psalm 113:5-8 Who is [similar] to the Lord our God, Who [dwells] on high, Who [humbles] Himself to [see] the things that are in heaven, & [on] the earth! He [raises] up the poor out of the dust, & [lifts] the needy out of the [garbage heaps; so] that He may [put] him with the princes, even with the princes of His people.]

And if they [are] bound in [shackles] & [are held] [with the] cords of affliction. Then, [God declares to] them their work, [a.k.a. deeds,] & their [sins] that they have [exceedingly] [done.] [Psalm 107:10-11 [Those who] sit in darkness, & in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction, & iron; because they rebelled against the Words of God, & [despised] the [advice] of the Most High.]

[God opens] their [ears] to [listen to] discipline, & commands that they [turn away] from [sin.] If they obey & serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, & [spend] their years in [pleasure.] But if they [don't] obey, they shall [be struck down] by the sword, & they shall die without knowledge.

But [those who are] hypocrites, heap up [fury, within] [their] heart. They [don't] cry [out] when He [binds] them. They die [while] [they're] [young,] & their life is among the unclean. [Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, [shall] bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody, & deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in You]

[God delivers] the poor in his affliction, & in oppression [opens] their ears. [Judges 10:11-14 And the Lord said to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, Didn't I deliver you from the: Egyptians, Amorites, the children, [a.k.a. people, from] Ammon, & the Philistines? Also the: Zidonians, Amalekites, & the Maonites, [who] [oppressed] you, & you cried [out] to Me. And I delivered you out of their hand. [Still,] you have [abandoned] Me, & served other gods. [For this reason,] I will no [longer] deliver you. Go, & cry [out] to the gods [that] you have chosen. Let them deliver you, in your time of tribulation.]

Even so, [God] would have removed you out of [narrow] [straits,] & into a [wide] place, where there is no [starvation,] & that [food] should be [put] upon your table, which should be full fatness, [a.k.a. rich foods.] [Psalm 36:8-9 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the [rich food] of Your house, & You [shall] make them drink [from] the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the Fountain of Life, & in Your Light, we shall see Light.]

But you [have fully] [pleaded the case, requiring] the judgment of the wicked. [Then, the] judgment & justice [of the Lord God] [takes] hold, [a.k.a. seizes,] you. Because there is [anger,] beware lest [God takes] you away with His stroke [of His strong hand.] Then [even] a [large] ransom can’t deliver you.

[Psalm 49:6-8 [Those who] trust in their wealth, & boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, none of them, by any means, can redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. (For the redemption of their soul, [a.k.a. life,] is precious, & it [ceases] forever.)]

Will [God respect] your riches? No, not [even] gold, nor all the forces of strength. [Proverbs 11:4 Riches [aren’t beneficial on] the Day of Wrath. But righteousness delivers from death.]

[Don't] desire the night, when people are cut off in their place [of rest.] [Pay attention & don't] regard [what is] [sinful.] For you [have] chosen [this] rather than affliction. [Hebrews 11:23-26 By faith, when he was born, Moses was [hidden] 3 months [by] his parents, because they saw he was a proper, [a.k.a. attractive,] child. And they weren't afraid of [disobeying] the king's [command.] By faith, when Moses [came of age,] he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Rather choosing to suffer affliction with the people of God, [rather] than to enjoy the [sinful] pleasures for a season, [a.k.a. a while.] [Regarding Christ's] reproach, [a.k.a. reprimand,] [to be] greater riches than [all] the treasures in Egypt. For [Moses] had respect [for] the reward of the [eternal] [repayment.]

[Look,] by His power, God [exalts.] [1 Peter 5:6-7 Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, [so] that He may exalt you in due time. [Cast] all your [cares] on Him, for He [cares] for you.

Who teaches like [God?] [Isaiah *2:3 And many people shall go, & say, You come, & let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel.] And He will teach us [about] His ways, & we will walk! [a.k.a. follow,] in His paths. For the Law, & the Word of the Lord, shall go forth from Jerusalem, out of Zion.]

Who has [assigned God,] His [path?] Or who can say, You [have] [formed] [what is sinful?] [Job 34:13 Who [has] given [God] charge over all the earth? Or who [has put] the whole world [in its place?]

Remember that you magnify [God's] work, which men [see.] Every man may see it; & man may [see] it [from] [far away.] [Look,] God is great, & we [don't] know Him, & neither can the [count] the number of [God's] years, [nor can it] be searched out. [Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth, & the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You Are God.]

For [God makes] the small drops of water, & they pour down rain according to [its] vapor, [a.k.a.  evaporation;] Which the clouds drop [down] upon man & distil, [a.k.a. purify,] abundantly.

Also, can [anyone] understand [God's] [spreading] [out] the clouds, or the [thundering] noise of His tabernacle? [Look, God spreads] His light upon it, & [covers] the bottom of the sea. For by [these,] God judges] the people; & He gives meat, [a.k.a. food,] in abundance.

[Psalm 104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, & the herb for the service of man: [so] that He may bring forth food out of the earth.]

[God covers] the light with clouds, & [commands] [the sun] not to shine, [when] the cloud [comes between] [them.] [Consider] the [lightnings' thundering] noise, [put on a display, & even] the cattle also [consider the rising storm, & its] [vapors.]