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\c 36
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\v 1 Elihu finished speaking by saying this:
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\q1
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\v 2 "Job, be patient with me a little longer
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\q2 because I have something else to teach you.
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\q2 I have something else to say in order to prove that God does no wrong.
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\q1
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\v 3 I will tell you what I have learned from many sources,
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\q2 in order to show that God, my creator, is just.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 I will not say anything to you that is false;
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\q2 I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things very well.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 5 Really, God is very powerful, and he does not despise anyone,
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\q2 and he understands everything.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 He does not allow wicked people to remain alive—contrary to what you have claimed,
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\q2 and he always acts justly toward those who are suffering.
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\q1
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\v 7 He always watches over those who are righteous;
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\q2 he makes them prosper, as if they were kings,
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\q2 and he causes others to honor them forever.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 However, if people who commit crimes are caught,
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\q2 or if they suffer in prison for having done wrong,
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\q1
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\v 9 then God shows them what they have done;
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\q2 he shows them the sins that they have committed,
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\q2 and he shows them that they have been arrogant.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 He causes them to listen to what he is warning them,
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\q2 and he commands them to turn away from doing what is evil.
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\q1
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\v 11 If they listen to him and serve him,
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\q2 they will prosper and be happy for all the years that they continue to live.
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\q1
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\v 12 But if they do not listen to him,
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\q2 they will die violently
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\q2 because they understand nothing about God and what he wants them to do.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 13 People who fail to honor God continue being angry,
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\q2 and they do not cry out for help
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\q2 even when God is punishing them.
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\q1
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\v 14 They die while they are still young,
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\q2 disgraced because of their immoral behavior.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 15 God actually rescues people by causing them to suffer;
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\q2 by afflicting them, he causes them to listen to what he is telling them.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 16 Job, I think that God wants to bring you out of your troubles
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\q2 and allow you to live without distress;
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\q2 he wants your table to be full of very nice food.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 17 However, now he is punishing you as he would punish the wicked;
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\q2 God has judged you very rightly.
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\q1
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\v 18 Be careful that you are not deceived by desiring to acquire money
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\q2 or that you are not ruined by accepting large bribes so that you yourself will treat others unfairly.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 19 If that happens, it certainly will not help you to cry out when you are distressed;
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\q2 none of your strength will help you in that case.
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\q1
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\v 20 Do not wish that it would be nighttime in order that you might mistreat others without anyone knowing it;
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\q2 night is the time when even entire people groups are destroyed!
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\q1
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\v 21 Be careful not to begin doing evil deeds,
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\q2 because God has caused you to suffer to prevent you from doing evil.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 22 Truly, people praise God because he is so powerful;
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\q2 there is certainly no teacher who teaches what he teaches.
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\q1
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\v 23 No one has told him what he should do,
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\q2 and no one has said to him, 'You have done what is wrong!'
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\q1
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\v 24 People have always sung songs to praise him,
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\q2 so you also should never forget to praise him for what he has done.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 25 All people have seen what he has done,
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\q2 but we understand those things only a little.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 26 How great God is! We are not able to know how great he is,
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\q2 and we do not understand how old he is.
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\q1
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\v 27 He draws water up from the earth and puts it in clouds
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\q2 and causes it to become rain;
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\q1
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\v 28 the rain pours down from the sky
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\q2 and causes abundant showers to fall on everyone.
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\q1
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\v 29 No one can understand how the clouds move across the sky
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\q2 or how it thunders in the sky where God lives.
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\q1
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\v 30 He causes lightning to flash all around him,
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\q2 but he causes the oceans to remain dark.
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\q1
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\v 31 By providing plenty of rain for everyone,
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\q2 he gives them abundant food.
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\q1
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\v 32 It is as though he were holding the lightning in his hands,
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\q2 and then he commands it to strike where he wants it to.
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\q1
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\v 33 When we hear his thunder, we know that there will be a storm,
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\q2 and the cattle know it, too.
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