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¹ Then Eli'hu said:² "Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;³ for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.⁴ Let us choose what is right; let us determine among ourselves what is good.⁵ For Job has said, 'I am innocent, and God has taken away my right;⁶ in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'⁷ What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water,⁸ who goes in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?⁹ For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.'

¹⁰ "Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding, far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.¹¹ For according to the work of a man he will requite him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.¹² Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.¹³ Who gave him charge over the earth and who laid on him the whole world?¹⁴ If he should take back his spirit to himself, and gather to himself his breath,¹⁵ all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

¹⁶ "If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.¹⁷ Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,¹⁸ who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' and to nobles, 'Wicked man';¹⁹ who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?²⁰ In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.²¹ "For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.²² There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.²³ For he has not appointed a time for any man to go before God in judgment.²⁴ He shatters the mighty without investigation, and sets others in their place.²⁵ Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.²⁶ He strikes them for their wickedness in the sight of men,²⁷ because they turned aside from following him, and had no regard for any of his ways,²⁸ so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted--²⁹ When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man? --³⁰ that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.

³¹ "For has any one said to God, 'I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more;³² teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?³³ Will he then make requital to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.³⁴ Men of understanding will say to me, and the wise man who hears me will say:³⁵ 'Job speaks without knowledge, his words are without insight.'³⁶ Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.³⁷ For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God."