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New International Version NIV
2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
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“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,and what do I gain by not sinning?’
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Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,and what do I gain by not sinning?’
4 “I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
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“I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
5 Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
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Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
6 If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
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If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
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If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
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Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.