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Job Chapter 36

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Job 36 opens Elihu's continued defense of God, in which he claims to speak on God's behalf and to fetch knowledge from afar, asserting that God is mighty and despises no one, giving justice to the afflicted and the righteous their rights. He explains that God uses affliction to reveal transgression and to turn people back from iniquity, while binding kings in fetters when they refuse correction. Elihu closes by exalting God's greatness as a teacher beyond knowledge, describing how He commands the clouds, spreads His lightning, and judges the peoples, with the thunder of His voice declaring His majesty.

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(1) Elihu also proceeded, and said,
(2) Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
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Job 21:3Job 33:31Job 33:32Job 33:33Hebrews 13:22Job 13:7Job 13:8Job 33:6Exodus 4:16Jeremiah 15:19Ezekiel 2:7II Corinthians 5:20

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Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(3) I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
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Job 28:12Job 28:13Job 28:20Job 28:21Job 28:22Job 28:23Job 28:24Job 32:8Proverbs 2:4Proverbs 2:5Matthew 2:1Matthew 2:2

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Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
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Job 13:4Job 13:7Job 21:27Job 21:34Job 22:6Job 22:7Job 22:8Job 22:9Job 22:10Job 22:11Job 22:12Job 22:13

(5) Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
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Job 10:3Job 31:13Psalms 22:24Psalms 138:6Job 9:14Job 9:19Job 12:13Job 12:14Job 12:15Job 12:16Job 26:12Job 26:13

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Genesis 10:9Psalms 24:8Isaiah 28:2Jeremiah 46:12Ezekiel 32:27Daniel 8:24

(6) He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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Job 21:7Job 21:8Job 21:9Job 21:30Psalms 55:23Jeremiah 12:1Jeremiah 12:2II Peter 2:9Job 29:12Job 29:13Job 29:14Job 29:15

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Deuteronomy 15:7

(7) He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
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II Chronicles 16:9Psalms 33:18Psalms 34:15Zephaniah 3:17I Peter 3:12Job 1:3Job 42:12Genesis 23:6Genesis 41:40I Samuel 2:8Esther 10:3Psalms 78:70

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Ezekiel 3:21Habakkuk 1:4I Kings 9:5Matthew 10:41Revelation 4:6

(8) And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
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Job 13:27Job 19:6Job 33:18Job 33:19Psalms 18:5Psalms 107:10Psalms 116:3Lamentations 3:9Proverbs 5:22

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Mark 5:4

(9) Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
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Job 10:2Deuteronomy 4:21Deuteronomy 4:22II Chronicles 33:11II Chronicles 33:12II Chronicles 33:13Psalms 94:12Psalms 119:67Psalms 119:71Lamentations 3:39Lamentations 3:40Luke 15:17

(10) He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
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Job 36:15Job 33:16Job 33:17Job 33:18Job 33:19Job 33:20Job 33:21Job 33:22Job 33:23Psalms 40:6Isaiah 48:8Isaiah 48:17

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Song of Solomon 6:13Job 6:29Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 7:13Ezekiel 16:55

(11) If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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Job 22:21Deuteronomy 4:30Jeremiah 7:23Jeremiah 26:13Romans 6:17Hebrews 11:8Job 11:13Job 11:14Job 11:15Job 11:16Job 11:17Job 11:18

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Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(12) But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
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Deuteronomy 18:15Deuteronomy 18:16Deuteronomy 18:17Deuteronomy 18:18Deuteronomy 18:19Deuteronomy 18:20Deuteronomy 18:21Deuteronomy 18:22Deuteronomy 29:15Deuteronomy 29:16Deuteronomy 29:17Deuteronomy 29:18

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Numbers 17:12II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(13) But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
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Numbers 32:14II Chronicles 28:13II Chronicles 28:22Romans 2:5Job 15:4Job 27:8Job 27:9Job 27:10Job 35:9Job 35:10Matthew 22:12Matthew 22:13

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Genesis 31:52

(14) They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
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Job 15:32Job 21:23Job 21:24Job 21:25Job 22:16Genesis 38:7Genesis 38:8Genesis 38:9Genesis 38:10Leviticus 10:1Leviticus 10:2Psalms 55:23

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Leviticus 5:2II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 11:35

(15) He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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Job 36:10II Chronicles 12:8

(16) Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
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Job 19:8Job 42:10Job 42:11Job 42:12Job 42:13Job 42:14Job 42:15Job 42:16Job 42:17Psalms 18:19Psalms 31:8Psalms 40:1

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Exodus 26:35I Kings 6:6

(17) But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
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Job 16:5Job 34:8Job 34:36Romans 1:32Revelation 18:4

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Exodus 28:30Deuteronomy 1:17I Kings 3:28Psalms 99:4Isaiah 28:6Habakkuk 1:4

(18) Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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Psalms 2:5Psalms 2:12Psalms 110:5Matthew 3:7Romans 1:18Romans 2:5Ephesians 5:6Psalms 39:10Isaiah 14:6Ezekiel 24:16Job 33:24Psalms 49:7

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Leviticus 10:6Deuteronomy 32:27Ruth 4:6Isaiah 36:18Matthew 5:25Philippians 3:2

(19) Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
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Proverbs 10:2Proverbs 11:4Isaiah 2:20Zephaniah 1:18James 5:3Job 9:13Job 34:20Psalms 33:16Psalms 33:17Proverbs 11:21Isaiah 37:36

(20) Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
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Job 3:20Job 3:21Job 6:9Job 7:15Job 14:13Job 17:13Job 17:14Exodus 12:29II Kings 19:35Proverbs 14:32Ecclesiastes 11:3Daniel 5:30

(21) Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Psalms 66:18Ezekiel 14:4Matthew 5:29Matthew 5:30Job 34:7Job 34:8Job 34:9Job 35:3Daniel 3:16Daniel 3:17Daniel 3:18Daniel 6:10

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Proverbs 22:1

(22) Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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I Samuel 2:7I Samuel 2:8Psalms 75:7Isaiah 14:5Jeremiah 27:5Jeremiah 27:6Jeremiah 27:7Jeremiah 27:8Daniel 4:25Daniel 4:32Daniel 5:18Luke 1:52

(23) Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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Job 34:13Job 34:14Job 34:15Job 34:16Job 34:17Job 34:18Job 34:19Job 34:20Job 34:21Job 34:22Job 34:23Job 34:24

(24) Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
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Job 12:13Job 12:14Job 12:15Job 12:16Job 12:17Job 12:18Job 12:19Job 12:20Job 12:21Job 12:22Job 12:23Job 12:24

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Leviticus 26:42

(25) Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
(26) Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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Job 37:5Psalms 145:3Job 11:7Job 11:8Job 11:9Job 26:14Job 37:23I Kings 8:27Psalms 90:2Psalms 102:24Psalms 102:25Psalms 102:26

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Revelation 13:18

(27) For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
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Job 5:9Job 38:25Job 38:26Job 38:27Job 38:28Job 38:34Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:6Psalms 65:9Psalms 65:10Psalms 65:11Psalms 65:12

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Joel 2:23Deuteronomy 11:14Deuteronomy 32:2Job 37:6Amos 4:7Zechariah 10:1

(28) Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
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Job 37:11Job 37:12Job 37:13Genesis 7:11Genesis 7:12Proverbs 3:20

(29) Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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Job 37:16Job 38:9Job 38:37I Kings 18:44I Kings 18:45Psalms 104:3Job 37:2Job 37:3Job 37:4Job 37:5Psalms 18:13Psalms 29:3

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II Kings 7:6Ezra 3:13Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 3:13Exodus 33:7Numbers 1:50

(30) Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
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Job 38:25Job 38:34Job 38:35Luke 17:24Job 38:8Job 38:9Job 38:10Job 38:11Genesis 1:9Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:28Exodus 15:4

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36

(31) For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
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Job 37:13Job 38:22Job 38:23Genesis 6:17Genesis 7:17Genesis 7:18Genesis 7:19Genesis 7:20Genesis 7:21Genesis 7:22Genesis 7:23Genesis 7:24

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II Kings 16:15

(32) With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
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Job 26:9Exodus 10:21Exodus 10:22Exodus 10:23Psalms 18:11Psalms 135:7Psalms 147:8Psalms 147:9Psalms 148:8Acts 27:20

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Isaiah 30:26Job 37:15Isaiah 13:10Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 3:20

(33) The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
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Job 36:29Job 37:2II Samuel 22:14I Kings 18:41I Kings 18:42I Kings 18:43I Kings 18:44I Kings 18:45Jeremiah 14:4Jeremiah 14:5Jeremiah 14:6Joel 1:18

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Numbers 30:12Ruth 4:7II Samuel 7:25I Kings 5:8

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