1Elihu finished by saying this:
2“Job, be patient with me a little longer,
3I will tell you what I have learned from many sources,
4I am not saying anything to you that is false;
5“Hey, God is very powerful, and he does not despise anyone,
6He does not allow wicked people to remain alive,
7He always watches over [MTY] those who are righteous;
8But if people who commit crimes are caught,
9When that happens, God shows them what they have done;
10He causes them to listen [MTY] to what he is warning them,
11If they ◄listen to/heed► him and serve him, after they get out of prison
12But if they do not ◄listen/pay attention► to him,
13“Godless/Wicked people continue being angry,
14They die while they are still young,
15But God teaches people by causing them to suffer;
16“And Job, I think that God wants to bring you out of your troubles
17But now, you are being punished [MTY] as wicked people are punished;
18So be careful that you are not deceived by desiring to acquire money
19If you are deceived by those things, it certainly will not [RHQ] help you to cry out when you are distressed;
20Do not wish that it would be nighttime in order that God will not see you and punish you,
21Be careful not to begin doing evil things,
22“Hey, God is extremely powerful;
23No one has [RHQ] told him what he should do,
24People have always sung to praise him,
25Everyone has seen what he has done,
26“Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is,
27He draws water up from the earth and puts it in clouds
28The rain pours down from the sky/clouds;
29No one can [RHQ] understand how the clouds move across the sky
30He causes lightning to flash all around him,
31By providing plenty of rain for us,
32It is as though he holds the lightning in his hands,
33When we hear his thunder, we know that there will be a storm,