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Job 35

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Elihu continued and said:

2 "Do you think this to be just? You say, "I am in the right before God.'

3 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.

5 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?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand?

8 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.

10 But no one says, "Where is God my Maker, who gives strength in the night,

11 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 evildoers.

13 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!

15 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."

The Message Bible MSG

1 Elihu lit into Job again:

2 "Does this kind of thing make any sense? First you say, 'I'm perfectly innocent before God.'

3 And then you say, 'It doesn't make a bit of difference whether I've sinned or not.'

4 "Well, I'm going to show you that you don't know what you're talking about, neither you nor your friends.

5 Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look. See those clouds towering above you?

6 If you sin, what difference could that make to God? No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him?

7 Even if you're good, what would God get out of that? Do you think he's dependent on your accomplishments?

8 The only ones who care whether you're good or bad are your family and friends and neighbors. God's not dependent on your behavior.

9 "When times get bad, people cry out for help. They cry for relief from being kicked around,

10 But never give God a thought when things go well, when God puts spontaneous songs in their hearts,

11 When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom, using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.

12 People are arrogantly indifferent to God - until, of course, they're in trouble, and then God is indifferent to them.

13 There's nothing behind such prayers except panic; the Almighty pays them no mind.

14 So why would he notice you just because you say you're tired of waiting to be heard,

15 Or waiting for him to get good and angry and do something about the world's problems?

16 "Job, you talk sheer nonsense - nonstop nonsense!"