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Job 35

1 Then Elihu said:

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

2 “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?’

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

4 “I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.

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

5 Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.

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

6 If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do 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 righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

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

8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

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

9 “People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.

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

10 But no one says, ‘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 teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’

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

12 He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.

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

13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.

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

14 How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,

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

15 and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.

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

16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

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