Job 35 NKJV NIV Parallel

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◄ Job 35 ►

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1Moreover Elihu answered and said:

1Then Elihu said:

2“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

2"Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right, not God.'

3For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

3Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?'

4“I will answer you, And your companions with you.

4"I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.

5Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds— They are higher than you.

5Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.

6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

6If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?

7If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

7If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

8Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.

8Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

9“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

9"People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.

10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

10But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

11who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?'

12There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

12He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.

13Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.

13Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.

14Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.

14How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,

15And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,

15and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.

16Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

16So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words."