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Job 35

1 And Elihu made answer and said,

1 It is not right, Job, for you to say that you are innocent in God's sight,

2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

3 or to ask God, "How does my sin affect you? What have I gained by not sinning?"

4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:

4 I am going to answer you and your friends too.

5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

5 Look at the sky! See how high the clouds are!

6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

6 If you sin, that does no harm to God. If you do wrong many times, does that affect him?

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

7 Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you.

8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

8 Others suffer from your sins, and the good you do helps them.

9 Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

9 When people are oppressed, they groan; they cry for someone to save them.

10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

10 But they don't turn to God, their Creator, who gives them hope in their darkest hours.

11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

11 They don't turn to God, who makes us wise, wiser than any animal or bird.

12 There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

12 They cry for help, but God doesn't answer, for they are proud and evil.

13 But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

13 It is useless for them to cry out; Almighty God does not see or hear them.

14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

14 Job, you say you can't see God; but wait patiently - your case is before him.

15 And now ... ;

15 You think that God does not punish, that he pays little attention to sin.

16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

16 It is useless for you to go on talking; it is clear you don't know what you are saying.

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