{"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/erv/job/36","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:34:24.904Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 shew 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 affliction;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then he sheweth 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 his affliction, and openeth their ear in oppression."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Yea, he would have led thee away out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table should 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":"Because there is wrath, beware lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Will thy riches suffice, 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 vapour:"},{"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 meat 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 36](https://primebible.com/erv/job/36)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/36 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}