Job 35 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Elihu answereth and saith: -- And Elihu answered and said: Then Elihu said:
2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?' “Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’ “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?' that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’ Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’
4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee, I will answer you and your friends with you. “I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
5 Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou. Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you. Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him? If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand? If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
8 For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness. Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man. Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty. “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty. “People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
10 And none said, 'Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night, But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.' who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’ who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’
12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers. There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.
13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it. Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it. Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.
14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him. How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him! How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,
15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity. And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression, and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.
16 And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth. Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.” So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
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