{"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/kjv/job/36","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:57:12.671Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 that <i>I have</i> yet to speak 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 <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> false: he that is perfect in knowledge <i>is</i> with thee."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, God <i>is</i> mighty, and despiseth not <i>any: he is</i> mighty in strength <i>and</i> wisdom."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings <i>are they</i> on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And if <i>they be</i> bound in fetters, <i>and</i> be holden in cords of affliction;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If they obey and serve <i>him</i>, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They die in youth, and their life <i>is</i> among the unclean."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait <i>into</i> a broad place, where <i>there is</i> no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table <i>should be</i> full of fatness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold <i>on thee</i>."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Because <i>there is</i> wrath, <i>beware</i> lest he take thee away with <i>his</i> stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Will he esteem thy riches? <i>no</i>, not gold, nor all the forces of strength."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Desire not the night, when people 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 exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Every man may see it; man may behold <i>it</i> afar off."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Behold, God <i>is</i> great, and we know <i>him</i> not, neither can the number of his years be searched out."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Which the clouds do drop <i>and</i> distil upon man abundantly."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Also can <i>any</i> understand the spreadings of the clouds, <i>or</i> the noise of his tabernacle?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it <i>not to shine</i> by <i>the cloud</i> that cometh betwixt."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 36 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 36](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/36)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/36 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}