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Job 35

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Elihu went on to say:

2 "Are you so convinced you are right, that you say, 'I am more just than God'?

3 For you ask what advantage it is to you, 'How do I gain from not sinning?'

4 "Here is my answer to you, to you and to your friends:

5 Look at the heavens and see; observe the skies, high above you.

6 If you sin, how do you hurt him? If your crimes are many, how do you affect him?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? What benefit does he get from you?

8 Your wickedness can affect only others like you, and your righteousness only other human beings.

9 People cry out from under many oppressions; they cry for help from under the fist of the mighty.

10 But no one asks, 'Where is God my maker, who causes glad songs to ring out at night,

11 who teaches us more than he teaches wild animals and makes us wiser than the birds in the air?'

12 They may cry out, but no one answers, because of evil men's pride.

13 For God will not listen to empty cries; Shaddai pays no attention to them.

14 All the more when you say that you don't see him! Just be patient; he's considering the matter.

15 But now, just because he doesn't get angry and punish, does it mean he doesn't know what arrogance is?

16 So Iyov is being futile when he opens his mouth; he is piling up words without knowledge."

New Living Translation NLT

1 Then Elihu said:

2 “Do you think it is right for you to claim, ‘I am righteous before God’?

3 For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me? What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

4 “I will answer you and all your friends, too.

5 Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.

6 If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?

7 If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?

8 No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans.

9 “People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

10 Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?

11 Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’

12 And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.

13 But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.

14 You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait.

15 You say he does not respond to sinners with anger and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.

16 But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”