| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Elihu spake moreover, and said, | 1In response, Elihu said: |
| 2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? | 2"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, 'I'm more righteous than God?' |
| 3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? | 3After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: 'What will I profit from refraining from sin?' |
| 4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. | 4I'm going to respond to that statement, and to your friends with you." |
| 5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. | 5"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they? |
| 6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? | 6If you sin, what will that do to harm him? If you add transgression to transgression what will it do to him? |
| 7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? | 7If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts? |
| 8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. | 8Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings. |
| 9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. | 9"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them. |
| 10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; | 10He never asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night, |
| 11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? | 11who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?' |
| 12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. | 12"They cry out there, but he doesn't answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil. |
| 13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. | 13Theirs is a useless plea— God won't listen; the Almighty won't pay any attention. |
| 14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. | 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. |
| 15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: | 15"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions. |
| 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. | 16When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything." |
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