Job 35
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1Then Elihu answered: 1And Elihu went on to say:
2"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' 2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?' 3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. 4I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! 5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does 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 do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? 7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. 8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only 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. 9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10But no one says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives 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 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 air?’
12Then they cry out--but he does not answer--because of the arrogance of the wicked. 12There 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. 13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of 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! 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,
15And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression! 15and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words." 16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
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