Job 35:2-8 (New International Version)
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"Do you think this is just? You say, 'I will be cleared1 by God.a '2
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Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me,b and what do I gain by not sinning?'3
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"I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
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Look up at the heavens4 and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.5
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If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?6
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If you are righteous, what do you give to him,7 or what does he receive8 from your hand?9
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Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself,10 and your righteousness only the sons of men.11
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