Job 35
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1Then Elihu continued and said,1In response, Elihu said:
2"Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '?2"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?'
3"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'3After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: 'What will I profit from refraining from sin?'
4"I will answer you, And your friends with you.4I'm going to respond to that statement, and to your friends with you."
5"Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- they are higher than you.5"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?
6"If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?6If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him?
7"If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?7If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts?
8"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.8Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings.
9"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.9"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.
10"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,10He never asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,
11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'11who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
12"There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.12"They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.
13"Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.13Theirs is a useless plea— God won't listen; the Almighty won't pay any attention.
14"How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!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.
15"And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,15"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions.
16So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."16When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything."
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