| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And Elihu answered and said: | 1Then Elihu continued, saying: |
| 2“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’ | 2Do you think it is just when you say, "I am righteous before God"? |
| 3that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’ | 3For you ask, "What does it profit you, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?" |
| 4I will answer you and your friends with you. | 4I will answer you and your friends with you. |
| 5Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you. | 5Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. |
| 6If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? | 6If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him? |
| 7If you are righteous, what do you give to him? 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 concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man. | 8Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness, a son of man. |
| 9“Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty. | 9People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the power of the mighty. |
| 10But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, | 10But no one asks, "Where is God my Maker, who provides us with songs in the night, |
| 11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’ | 11who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?" |
| 12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. | 12There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil people. |
| 13Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it. | 13Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it-- |
| 14How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him! | 14how much less when you complain that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you are waiting for him. |
| 15And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression, | 15But now, because God's anger does not punish and he does not pay attention to transgression, |
| 16Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.” | 16Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge. |
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