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# Job 36

Job 36 is chapter 36 of 42 in the Book of Job. Here are all 33 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice and power of God.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Job 36 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Continuing in a similar manner, Eliu had this to say:
2. Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.
3. I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.
4. For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.
5. God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.
6. But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.
7. He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.
8. And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,
9. he will reveal to them their works, as well as their sinfulness, in that they were violent.
10. Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.
11. If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.
12. But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.
13. The false and the crafty provoke the wrath of God, yet they do not cry out to him when they are chained.
14. Their soul will die in a storm, and their life, among the unmanly.
15. He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.
16. Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.
17. Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.
18. Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.
19. Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.
20. Do not prolong the night, even if people rise on their behalf.
21. Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this.
22. Behold, God is exalted in his strength, and there is no one like him among the law-givers.
23. Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, “You have done iniquity,” to him?
24. Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.
25. All men consider him; and each one ponders from a distance.
26. Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.
27. He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;
28. they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.
29. If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent
30. and shines with his light from above; likewise, he covers the oceans within his tent.
31. For he judges the people by these things, and he gives food to a multitude of mortals.
32. Within his hands, he hides the light, and he commands it to come forth again.
33. He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.

## Job 36 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Addens quoque Eliu, hæc locutus est:
2. Sustine me paululum, et indicabo tibi: adhuc enim habeo quod pro Deo loquar.
3. Repetam scientiam meam a principio, et operatorem meum probabo justum.
4. Vere enim absque mendacio sermones mei, et perfecta scientia probabitur tibi.
5. Deus potentes non abjicit, cum et ipse sit potens:
6. sed non salvat impios, et judicium pauperibus tribuit.
7. Non auferet a justo oculos suos: et reges in solio collocat in perpetuum, et illi eriguntur.
8. Et si fuerint in catenis, et vinciantur funibus paupertatis,
9. indicabit eis opera eorum, et scelera eorum, quia violenti fuerunt.
10. Revelabit quoque aurem eorum, ut corripiat: et loquetur, ut revertantur ab iniquitate.
11. Si audierint et observaverint, complebunt dies suos in bono, et annos suos in gloria:
12. si autem non audierint, transibunt per gladium, et consumentur in stultitia.
13. Simulatores et callidi provocant iram Dei, neque clamabunt cum vincti fuerint.
14. Morietur in tempestate anima eorum, et vita eorum inter effeminatos.
15. Eripiet de angustia sua pauperem, et revelabit in tribulatione aurem ejus.
16. Igitur salvabit te de ore angusto latissime, et non habente fundamentum subter se: requies autem mensæ tuæ erit plena pinguedine.
17. Causa tua quasi impii judicata est: causam judiciumque recipies.
18. Non te ergo superet ira ut aliquem opprimas: nec multitudo donorum inclinet te.
19. Depone magnitudinem tuam absque tribulatione, et omnes robustos fortitudine.
20. Ne protrahas noctem, ut ascendant populi pro eis.
21. Cave ne declines ad iniquitatem: hanc enim cœpisti sequi post miseriam.
22. Ecce Deus excelsus in fortitudine sua, et nullus ei similis in legislatoribus.
23. Quis poterit scrutari vias ejus? aut quis potest ei dicere: Operatus es iniquitatem?
24. Memento quod ignores opus ejus, de quo cecinerunt viri.
25. Omnes homines vident eum: unusquisque intuetur procul.
26. Ecce Deus magnus vincens scientiam nostram: numerus annorum ejus inæstimabilis.
27. Qui aufert stillas pluviæ, et effundit imbres ad instar gurgitum,
28. qui de nubibus fluunt quæ prætexunt cuncta desuper.
29. Si voluerit extendere nubes quasi tentorium suum,
30. et fulgurare lumine suo desuper, cardines quoque maris operiet.
31. Per hæc enim judicat populos, et dat escas multis mortalibus.
32. In manibus abscondit lucem, et præcepit ei ut rursus adveniat.
33. Annuntiat de ea amico suo, quod possessio ejus sit, et ad eam possit ascendere.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 223: I Believe in God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 16: That is, out of hell, whose entrance is narrow, and its depth bottomless; but figuratively meant here, that is, from his miseries and calamity to be restored to his former state of happiness.
- Verse 21: Eliu charges Job, that notwithstanding his misery, he does not fear God as he ought: but in his judgment, falls into iniquity.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).