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[1] Moreover Elihu answered,
[2] “Do you think this to be your right,
or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
[3] that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you?
What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
[4] I will answer you,
and your companions with you.
[5] Look to the skies, and see.
See the skies, which are higher than you.
[6] If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him?
If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
[7] If you are righteous, what do you give him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
[8] Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are,
and your righteousness may profit a son of man. [9] “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out.
They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
[10] But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
[11] who teaches us more than the animals of the earth,
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
[12] There they cry, but no one answers,
because of the pride of evil men.
[13] Surely God will not hear an empty cry,
neither will the Almighty regard it.
[14] How much less when you say you don’t see him.
The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
[15] But now, because he has not visited in his anger,
neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
[16] therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk,
and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
[2] “Do you think this to be your right,
or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
[3] that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you?
What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
[4] I will answer you,
and your companions with you.
[5] Look to the skies, and see.
See the skies, which are higher than you.
[6] If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him?
If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
[7] If you are righteous, what do you give him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
[8] Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are,
and your righteousness may profit a son of man. [9] “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out.
They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
[10] But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
[11] who teaches us more than the animals of the earth,
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
[12] There they cry, but no one answers,
because of the pride of evil men.
[13] Surely God will not hear an empty cry,
neither will the Almighty regard it.
[14] How much less when you say you don’t see him.
The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
[15] But now, because he has not visited in his anger,
neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
[16] therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk,
and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
King James Version
[1] Elihu H453 spake H6030 (QalImpf) moreover, and said, H559 (QalImpf)
[2] Thinkest H2803 (QalPerf) thou this to be right, H4941
That thou saidst, H559 (QalPerf) My righteousness H6664 is more than God’s? H410
[3] For thou saidst, H559 (QalImpf) What advantage H5532 (QalImpf) will it be unto thee?
And, What profit H3276 (HiphImpf) shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?§ H2403
[4] I will answer H7725 (HiphImpf) thee,§
And thy companions H7453 with thee.
[5] Look H5027 (HiphImpv) unto the heavens, H8064 and see; H7200 (QalImpv)
And behold H7789 (QalImpv) the clouds H7834 which are higher H1361 (QalPerf) than thou.
[6] If thou sinnest, H2398 (QalPerf) what doest H6466 (QalImpf) thou against him?
Or if thy transgressions H6588 be multiplied, H7231 (QalPerf) what doest H6213 (QalImpf) thou unto him?
[7] If thou be righteous, H6663 (QalPerf) what givest H5414 (QalImpf) thou him?
Or what receiveth H3947 (QalImpf) he of thine hand? H3027
[8] Thy wickedness H7562 may hurt a man H376 as thou art;
And thy righteousness H6666 may profit the son H1121 of man. H120
[9] By reason of the multitude H7230 of oppressions H6217 they make the oppressed to cry: H2199 (HiphImpf)
They cry out H7768 (PielImpf) by reason of the arm H2220 of the mighty. H7227
[10] But none saith, H559 (QalPerf) Where is God H433 my maker, H6213 (QalActPtc)
Who giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) songs H2158 in the night; H3915
[11] Who teacheth H502 (PielPtc) us more than the beasts H929 of the earth, H776
And maketh us wiser H2449 (PielImpf) than the fowls H5775 of heaven? H8064
[12] There they cry, H6817 (QalImpf) but none giveth answer, H6030 (QalImpf)
Because H6440 of the pride H1347 of evil men. H7451
[13] Surely God H410 will not hear H8085 (QalImpf) vanity, H7723
Neither will the Almighty H7706 regard H7789 (QalImpf) it.
[14] Although H637 thou sayest H559 (QalImpf) thou shalt not see H7789 (QalImpf) him,
Yet judgment H1779 is before H6440 him; therefore trust H2342 (PoleImpf) thou in him.
[15] But now, because it is not so, heⓘ hath visited H6485 (QalPerf) in his anger; H639
Yet heⓘ knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) it not in great H3966 extremity: H6580
[16] Therefore doth Job H347 open H6475 (QalImpf) his mouth H6310 in vain; H1892
He multiplieth H3527 (HiphImpf) words H4405 without H1097 knowledge. H1847
[2] Thinkest H2803 (QalPerf) thou this to be right, H4941
That thou saidst, H559 (QalPerf) My righteousness H6664 is more than God’s? H410
[3] For thou saidst, H559 (QalImpf) What advantage H5532 (QalImpf) will it be unto thee?
And, What profit H3276 (HiphImpf) shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?§ H2403
[4] I will answer H7725 (HiphImpf) thee,§
And thy companions H7453 with thee.
[5] Look H5027 (HiphImpv) unto the heavens, H8064 and see; H7200 (QalImpv)
And behold H7789 (QalImpv) the clouds H7834 which are higher H1361 (QalPerf) than thou.
[6] If thou sinnest, H2398 (QalPerf) what doest H6466 (QalImpf) thou against him?
Or if thy transgressions H6588 be multiplied, H7231 (QalPerf) what doest H6213 (QalImpf) thou unto him?
[7] If thou be righteous, H6663 (QalPerf) what givest H5414 (QalImpf) thou him?
Or what receiveth H3947 (QalImpf) he of thine hand? H3027
[8] Thy wickedness H7562 may hurt a man H376 as thou art;
And thy righteousness H6666 may profit the son H1121 of man. H120
[9] By reason of the multitude H7230 of oppressions H6217 they make the oppressed to cry: H2199 (HiphImpf)
They cry out H7768 (PielImpf) by reason of the arm H2220 of the mighty. H7227
[10] But none saith, H559 (QalPerf) Where is God H433 my maker, H6213 (QalActPtc)
Who giveth H5414 (QalActPtc) songs H2158 in the night; H3915
[11] Who teacheth H502 (PielPtc) us more than the beasts H929 of the earth, H776
And maketh us wiser H2449 (PielImpf) than the fowls H5775 of heaven? H8064
[12] There they cry, H6817 (QalImpf) but none giveth answer, H6030 (QalImpf)
Because H6440 of the pride H1347 of evil men. H7451
[13] Surely God H410 will not hear H8085 (QalImpf) vanity, H7723
Neither will the Almighty H7706 regard H7789 (QalImpf) it.
[14] Although H637 thou sayest H559 (QalImpf) thou shalt not see H7789 (QalImpf) him,
Yet judgment H1779 is before H6440 him; therefore trust H2342 (PoleImpf) thou in him.
[15] But now, because it is not so, heⓘ hath visited H6485 (QalPerf) in his anger; H639
Yet heⓘ knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) it not in great H3966 extremity: H6580
[16] Therefore doth Job H347 open H6475 (QalImpf) his mouth H6310 in vain; H1892
He multiplieth H3527 (HiphImpf) words H4405 without H1097 knowledge. H1847
Footnotes
- § 35:3 Or, if by it more then by my sin
- § 35:4 Heb. I will return to thee words
- ⓘ 35:15a That is God
- ⓘ 35:15b That is Job
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