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Job 34:1-20

Job 34:1-20 NCV

Then Elihu said: “Hear my words, you wise men; listen to me, you who know a lot. The ear tests words as the tongue tastes food. Let’s decide for ourselves what is right, and let’s learn together what is good. “Job says, ‘I am not guilty, and God has refused me a fair trial. Instead of getting a fair trial, I am called a liar. I have been seriously hurt, even though I have not sinned.’ There is no other man like Job; he takes insults as if he were drinking water. He keeps company with those who do evil and spends time with wicked men, because he says, ‘It is no use to try to please God.’ “So listen to me, you who can understand. God can never do wrong! It is impossible for the Almighty to do evil. God pays people back for what they have done and gives them what their actions deserve. Truly God will never do wrong; the Almighty will never twist what is right. No one chose God to rule over the earth or put him in charge of the whole world. If God should decide to take away life and breath, then everyone would die together and turn back into dust. “If you can understand, hear this; listen to what I have to say. Can anyone govern who hates what is right? How can you blame God who is both fair and powerful? God is the one who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’ or to important people, ‘You are evil.’ He is not nicer to princes than other people, nor kinder to rich people than poor people, because he made them all with his own hands. They can die in a moment, in the middle of the night. They are struck down, and then they pass away; powerful people die without help.

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