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1 And Elihu answered and said:
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Elihu continued and said:
2 “Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God, ’
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"Do you think this to be just? You say, "I am in the right before God.'
3 that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned? ’
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If you ask, "What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
4 I will answer you and your friends with you.
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I will answer you and your friends with you.
5 Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
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Look at the heavens and see; observe the clouds, which are higher than you.
6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
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If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you 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 concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.
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Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.
9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
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"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
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But no one says, "Where is God my Maker, who gives strength in the night,
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens? ’
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who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?'
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evildoers.
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
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Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
14 How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
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How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
15 And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression,
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And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge. ”
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Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge."
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