1And Elihu pronounced, and spake also these things,

2Wise men, hear ye my words, and learned men, hearken ye to me;

3for the ear proveth words, and the throat deemeth meat by taste.

4Choose we doom to us; and see we among us, what is the better.

5For Job said, I am just [or rightwise], and God hath turned my justness [or doom] upside-down.

6For why leasing is in deeming me, and mine arrow is violent with-out any sin.

7Who is a man, as Job is, that drinketh scorning as water?

8that goeth with men working wick-edness, and goeth with unfaithful men?

9For he said, A man shall not please God, yea, though he run with God.

10Therefore ye wise men, that is, ye with understanding, hear ye me; un-piety, either cruelty, be far from God, and wickedness from Almighty God.

11For he shall yield after the work of a man to him; and by the ways of each man he shall restore to him.

12For verily God shall not condemn without cause; neither Almighty God shall destroy doom.

13What other man hath he ordained upon earth? either whom hath he set [or put] upon the world, that he hath made?

14If God dresseth his heart to him, he shall draw to himself his spirit and blast or breath.

15Each flesh shall fail together in dying; and a man shall turn again into ashes.

16Therefore if thou hast understand-ing, hear thou that that is said, and hearken to the voice of my speech.

17Whether he that loveth not doom may be made whole? and how then condemnest thou so much him, that is just [or rightwise]?

18He it is that saith to a king, Thou art apostate, either breaker of religion, when he keepeth not rightfulness and the common good; which calleth the dukes unpious, either unfaithful.

19He accepteth not the persons of princes, neither he knoweth a tyrant to spare him, when he striveth against a poor man; for all men be the work of his hands.

20They shall die suddenly, and at midnight peoples shall be troubled; and shall pass away, and shall take away a violent man without hand.

21For the eyes of God be on the ways of men, and he beholdeth all the goings of them.

22No darknesses be, neither no shadow of death is, that they, that work wickedness, be hid there;

23for it is no more in the power of man, that he come to God into doom.

24God shall all-break many men and unnumberable; and shall make other men to stand for them.

25For he knoweth the works of them; [and] therefore he shall bring in night upon them, and they shall be all-broken.

26He smote them, as unpious men, in the place of seeing men.

27Which went away from him by casting afore or by forecasting, and would not understand all his ways.

28That they should make the cry of a needy man to come to him, and that he should hear the voice of poor men.

29For when he granteth peace, who is it that condemneth him? And since he hideth his cheer, who is that seeth him? And on folks, and on all men, he hath power to do such things.

30Which maketh a man, hypocrite, to reign, for the sins of the people.

31Therefore for I have spoken to God, I shall not forbid thee to speak.

32If I have erred, teach thou me; if I have spoken wickedness, I shall no more add to.

33Whether God asketh that wickedness of thee, for it displeased thee? For thou hast begun to speak, and not I; that if thou knowest anything better, speak thou that.

34Men of understanding, speak to me; and a wise man, hear me.

35Forsooth Job hath spoken follily, and his words sound not like teaching.

36My father God, be Job proved unto the end; cease thou not from the man of wickedness,

37that addeth blasphemy over his sins. Be he constrained among us in the meantime; and then by his words stir he God to the doom.