Job 35
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1In response, Elihu said:1And Elihu went on to say:
2"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?'2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: 'What will I profit from refraining from sin?'3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4I'm going to respond to that statement, and to your friends with you."4I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him?6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts? 7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings. 8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them. 9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10He never asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12"They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13Theirs is a useless plea— God won't listen; the Almighty won't pay any attention.13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions.15and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything."16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
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Job 34
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