Job 35
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1Then Elihu answered: 1Then Elihu continued and said,
2"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' 2"Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '?
3But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?' 3"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'
4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. 4"I will answer you, And your friends with you.
5Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! 5"Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- they are higher than you.
6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? 6"If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? 7"If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. 8"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.
9"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty. 9"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10But no one says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night, 10"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
11who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, 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 heavens?'
12Then they cry out--but he does not answer--because of the arrogance of the wicked. 12"There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
13Surely it is an empty cry--God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it. 13"Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him! 14"How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression! 15"And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
16So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words." 16So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."
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