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Job 35
[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.”