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Job 35

1 Elihu spoke moreover and said:

1 Elihu continued to speak [to Job and his friends],

2 "Thinkest thou this to be right that thou saidst, `My righteousness is more than God's'?

2 "Do you think this is right when you say, 'My case is more just than God's,'

3 For thou saidst, `What advantage will it be unto Thee?' and, `What profit shall I have if I be cleansed from my sin?'

3 when you ask, 'What benefit is it to you?' and, 'What would I gain by sinning?'

4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

4 I will answer you and your friends.

5 Look unto the heavens and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

5 "Look at the heavens and see. Observe the clouds high above you.

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?

6 If you've sinned, what effect can you have on God? If you've done many wrongs, what can you do to him?

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thine hand?

7 If you're righteous, what can you give him, or what can he get from you?

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

8 Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself. Your righteousness affects only the descendants of Adam.

9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

9 The weight of oppression makes them cry out. The power of mighty people makes them call for help.

10 But none saith, `Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

10 But no one asks, 'Where is God, my Creator, who inspires songs in the night,

11 who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

11 who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?'

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

12 Then they cry out, but he doesn't answer them because of the arrogance of [those] evil people.

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

13 "Surely, God doesn't listen to idle complaints. The Almighty doesn't even pay attention to them.

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see Him, yet judgment is before Him; therefore trust thou in Him.

14 Although you say that you pay attention to him, your case is in front of him, but you'll have to wait for him.

15 But now, because it is not so, He hath visited in His anger; yet he knoweth it not in his great extremity.

15 And now [you say] that his anger doesn't punish [anyone] and he isn't too concerned about evil.

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge."

16 Job opens his mouth for no good reason and talks a lot without having any knowledge."