{"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/drb/job/36","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:01:47.683Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":36,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":35,"nextChapter":37,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Eliu also proceeded, and said : "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty : "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity? "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods : "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Which flow from the clouds that cover all above. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"If he will spread out clouds as his tent, "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 36 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 36](https://primebible.com/drb/job/36)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/36 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}