{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/36","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T04:56:03.621Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":36,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":35,"nextChapter":37,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Elihu also proceeded, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If they hearken and serve him , They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee ."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy'strength?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 36 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 36](https://primebible.com/asv/job/36)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/36 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}