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◄ Job 35 ►

King James Bible

New Living Translation

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,

1Then Elihu said:

2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

2“Do you think it is right for you to claim, ‘I am righteous before God’?

3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

3For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me? What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

4“I will answer you and all your friends, too.

5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

5Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.

6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

6If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?

7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

7If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?

8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

8No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans.

9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

9“People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

10Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?

11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

11Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’

12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

12And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.

13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

13But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.

14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

14You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait.

15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

15You say he does not respond to sinners with anger and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.

16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

16But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”

King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.