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Job 36 Translation Questions
Q? To whom does Elihu acknowledge that righteousness belongs?
A. Elihu acknowledges that righteousness belongs to his Maker. [36:3]
Q? What does God do for those who those who suffer?
A. He does what is right for those who suffer. [36:6]
Q? What does God do for the righteous?
A. He sets them on thrones like kings forever, and they are lifted up. [36:7]
Q? What does God reveal to those who are bound in chains and trapped in cords of suffering?
A. He reveals to them what they have done, their transgressions, and how they behaved arrogantly. [36:9]
Q? What will happen to listen to God and worship him?
A. They will spend their days in prosperity and their years in contentment. [36:11]
Q? What will happen to the people who do not listen to God?
A. They will perish by the sword and die because they have no knowledge. [36:12]
Q? What does the godless person who stores up anger and does not cry out to God for help?
A. They will die in their youth and their lives will end in disgrace. [36:14]
Q? How does Elihu say God uses affliction and oppression?
A. God uses affliction to rescue the afflicted and oppression to open their ears. [36:15-16]
Q? What does Elihu say that God would like to do for Job?
A. God would like to draw Job out of his distress into a broad place where there is no hardship. [36:16]
Q? What has filled Job?
A. He is full of the judgment on the wicked. [36:17]
Q? What things could lead Job to deception and turn him aside from justice?
A. Wealth could lead Job to deception and a bribe could turn him aside from justice. [36:18]
Q? What things will not be able to help Job out of his distress?
A. Job's wealth and the force of his strength will not help him out of his distress. [36:19]
Q? Why does Elihu say that Job is being tested by suffering?
A. Job is being tested by suffering so that he will stay away from sinning. [36:21]
Q? What can no one say about God?
A. No one can say that God has committed unrighteousness. [36:23]
Q? What is it about God that we cannot calculate?
A. We cannot calculate the number of his years. [36:26]
Q? How does God cause rain to fall?
A. He draws up the drops of water that distill as rain from his vapor, which the clouds pour down and drop in abundance on mankind. [36:27-28]
Q? Why does Elihu say that God spreads lightning and covers the sea with darkness?
A. He spreads lightning around himself and covers the sea with darkness in order to feed people and give food in abundance. [36:30-31]
Q? What tells people and cattle of the coming storm?
A. The noise of the lightning bolts hitting their targets tells people and cattle of the coming storm. [36:32-33]