{"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/ylt/job/36","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T05:08:06.319Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":36,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":35,"nextChapter":37,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Elihu addeth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God are words."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For, truly, my words are not false, The perfect in knowledge is with thee."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And from kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than on affliction."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him — a teacher?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Lo, God is high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there is no searching."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 36 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 36](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/36)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/36 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}