| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Elihu answered: | 1Then Elihu continued and said, |
| 2"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' | 2"Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's '? |
| 3But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?' | 3"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?' |
| 4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. | 4"I will answer you, And your friends with you. |
| 5Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than 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 your transgressions are many, 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 to God, 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 only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. | 8"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man. |
| 9"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power 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 says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night, | 10"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, |
| 11who teaches us more than the wild 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?' |
| 12Then they cry out--but he does not answer--because of the arrogance of the wicked. | 12"There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men. |
| 13Surely it is an empty cry--God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it. | 13"Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. |
| 14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the 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! |
| 15And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression! | 15"And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well, |
| 16So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words." | 16So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge." |
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