Job · Chapter 36

Job 36:25

¹Elihu also proceeded, and said,²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.³I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.⁴For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.⁵Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.⁶He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.⁷He 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.⁸And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;⁹Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.¹⁰He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.¹¹If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.¹²But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.¹³But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.¹⁴They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.¹⁵He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.¹⁶Even 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.¹⁷But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.¹⁸Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.¹⁹Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.²⁰Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.²¹Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.²²Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?²³Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?²⁴Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.²⁵Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.²⁶Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.²⁷For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:²⁸Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.²⁹Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?³⁰Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.³¹For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.³²With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.³³The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

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Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
25	Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.	All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.	All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
all	כָּל־	kol-	H3605	all כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)
humankind	אָדָ֥ם	'a-DAM	H0120G	man אָדָם (a.dam) 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley
they have looked	חָֽזוּ־	cha-zu-	H2372	to see חֲזָה (cha.zah) 1) to see, behold 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, behold, witness 1a3) to behold (in a dream or vision) 1a4) customary, seemly (passive)
human[s]	אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ	'e-NO-osh	H0582	human אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) 1) man, mortal man, person, mankind 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind Aramaic equivalent: e.nash (אֱנָשׁ "man" H0606)
he looks	יַבִּ֥יט	ya-BIT	H5027	to look נָבַט (na.vat) 1) to look, regard 1a) (Piel) to look 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) tolook 1b2) to regard, show regard to, pay attention to, consider 1b3) to look upon, regard, show regard to
from a distance	מֵרָחֽוֹק׃	me-ra-CHOK	H7350	distant רָחֹק (ra.choq) adj 1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones 1a) of distance, time n m 2) distance 2a) from a distance (with prep) Aramaic equivalent: ra.chiq (רְחִיק "far" H7352)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.