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Job 36

1 Elihú sheweth the power of God, 6 And his justice, 9 And wherefore he punisheth. 13 The propertie of the wicked.
1.Elihú also proceded and said,
2.Suffre me a litle, and I wil instruct thee: for I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
3.I wil fetche amy knowledge a farre of, & wil attribute righteousnes unto my Maker.
4.For truely my wordes shal not be false, & he that is bperfite in knowledge, speaketh with thee.
5.Beholde, the mightie God casteth away none that is cmightie and valiant of courage.
6.dHe mainteineth not the wicked, but he giveth judgement to the afflicted.
7.He withdraweth not his eies from the righteous, but thei are with eKings in the throne, where he placeth them for ever: thus they are exalted.
8.And if they be bound in fetters and tyed with the cords of affliction,
9.Then wil he shewe them their fworke and their sinnes, because they have bene proude.
10.He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne from iniquitie.
11.*If they obey and serve him, they shal end their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeres in pleasures.
12.But if they wil not obey, they shal passe by the sworde, and perish gwithout knowledge.
13.But the hypocrites hof heart increase the wrath: for thei icall not when he bindeth them.
14.Their soule dyeth in kyouth, and their life among the whoremongers.
15.He delivereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eare in trouble.
16.Even so wolde he have taken thee out of the streight place into a broad place and not shut up beneth? and lthat which resteth upon thy table, had bene ful of fat.
17.But thou art ful of the mjudgement of the wicked, thogh judgement and equitie mainteine all things.
18.nFor God’s wrath is, lest he shulde take thee away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliver thee.
19.Wil he regarde thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.
20.oBe not careful in the night, how he destroieth the people out of their place.
21.Take thou hede: loke not to piniquitie: for thou hast chosen it rather then affliction.
22.Beholde, God exalteth by his power: what teacher is like him?
23.Who hathe appointed to him his way? or who can say, Thou hast done wickedly?
24.Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men beholde.
25.All men se it, and men beholde it qa farre of.
26.Beholde, God is excellent, rand we knowe him not, nether can the nomber of his yeres be searched out.
27.When he restraineth the droppes of water, the raine spowreth downe by the vapour thereof,
28.Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly upon man.
29.Who can knowe the divisions of the cloudes and the thunders of his ttabernacle?
30.Beholde he spreadeth his light upon uit, and covereth the xbottome of the sea.
31.For thereby he judgeth ythe people, and giveth meat abundantly.
32.He covereth the light with the cloudes, and commandeth them to go zagainst it.
33.aHis companion sheweth him thereof, and there is angre in rising up.

Notes

3-a.
He shows that when we speak of God we must lift our spirits more high, then our natural sense is able to reach.
4-b.
You shall perceive that I am a faithful instructor, and that I speak to you in the name of God.
5-c.
Strong and constant, and of understanding: for these are the gifts of God, and he loves them in man: but for asmuchas God punishes now Job, it is a sign that these are not in him.
6-d.
Therefore he will not preserve the wicked: but to the humble and afflicted heart he will show grace.
7-e.
He prefers the godly to honour.
9-f.
He will move their hearts to feel their sins that they may come to him by repentance as he did Manasseh.
11-*.
Is. 1.19.
12-g.
That is, in their folly or obstination, and so shall be cause of their own destruction.
13-h.
Which are maliciously bent against God & flatter themselves in their vices.
13-i.
When they are in affliction they seek not to God for succour, as Asa, 2 Chron. 16.12, Rev. 16.11.
14-k.
They die of some vile death and that before they come to age.
16-l.
If you had been obedient to God, he would have brought you to liberty and wealth.
17-m.
You are altogether after the manner of the wicked: for you do murmur against the justice of God.
18-n.
God does punish you, lest you should forget God in your wealth and so perish.
20-o.
Be not you curious in seeking the cause of God’s judgements, when he destroys any. 2 Geneva Bible 1560
21-p.
And so murmur against God through impaciencie.
25-q.
The works of God are so manifest, that a man may see them afar off and know God by the same.
26-r.
Our infirmity hinders us so, that we cannot attain to the perfect knowledge of God.
27-s.
That is, the rain comes of those drops of water, which he keeps in the clouds.
29-t.
Meaning, of the clouds, which he calls the Tabernacle of God.
30-u.
Upon the cloud.
30-x.
That men cannot come to the knowledge of the springs thereof.
31-y.
He shows that the rain has double use: the one that it declares God’s judgements, when it does overflow any places, and the other that it makes the land fruitful.
32-z.
That is, one cloud to dash against another.
33-a.
The cold vapor shows him: that is, the cloud of the hot exhalation, which being taken in the cold cloud mounts up toward the place where the fire is, and so anger is engendered: that is, noise and thunder claps.