| Chapter 35 |
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Moreover Elihu answered, |
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"Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, `My righteousness is more than God`s,` |
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That you ask, `What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?` |
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I will answer you, And your companions with you. |
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Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you. |
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If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? |
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If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? |
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Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man. |
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"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. |
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But none says, `Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, |
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Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?` |
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There they cry, but none gives answer, Because of the pride of evil men. |
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Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it. |
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How much less when you say you don`t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him! |
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But now, because he has not visited in his anger, Neither does he greatly regard arrogance. |
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Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge." |
