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1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
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Elihu continued and said:
2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
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"Do you think this to be just? You say, "I am in the right before God.'
3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
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If you ask, "What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
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I will answer you and your friends with you.
5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
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Look at the heavens and see; observe the clouds, which are higher than you.
6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against 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 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
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If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
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Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
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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 And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
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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 shall they cry, and he will not hear, 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 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
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Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
14 Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect 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 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
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And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,
16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
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Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge."
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