| International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1In response, Elihu said: | 1And Elihu went on to say: |
| 2"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?' | 2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’ |
| 3After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: 'What will I profit from refraining from sin?' | 3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’ |
| 4I'm going to respond to that statement, and to your friends with you." | 4I will reply to you and to your friends as well. |
| 5"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they? | 5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. |
| 6If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him? | 6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him? |
| 7If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts? | 7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? |
| 8Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings. | 8Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man. |
| 9"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them. | 9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty. |
| 10He never asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night, | 10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night, |
| 11who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, 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 air?’ |
| 12"They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil. | 12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. |
| 13Theirs is a useless plea— God won't listen; the Almighty won't pay any attention. | 13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it. |
| 14Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him. | 14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him, |
| 15"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions. | 15and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly! |
| 16When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything." | 16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.” |
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