Job 35
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Holman Christian Standard BibleNew American Standard Bible 1995
1Then Elihu continued, saying: 1Then Elihu continued and said,
2Do you think it is just when you say, "I am righteous before God"? 2"Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '?
3For you ask, "What does it profit You, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?" 3"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'
4I will answer you and your friends with you. 4"I will answer you, And your friends with you.
5Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. 5"Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- they are higher than you.
6If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him? 6"If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? 7"If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness another human being. 8"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.
9People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty. 9"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10But no one asks, "Where is God my Maker, who provides us with songs in the night, 10"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
11who gives us more understanding than the 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 heavens?'
12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. 12"There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
13Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it-- 13"Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
14how much less when you complain that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you are waiting for Him. 14"How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15But now, because God's anger does not punish and He does not pay attention to transgression, 15"And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
16Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge. 16So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge."
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