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| Job 35:1 | And Elihu made answer and said, | Moreover Elihu answered and said, |
| Job 35:2 | Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say, | Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, |
| Job 35:3 | What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong? | That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? |
| Job 35:4 | I will make answer to you and to your friends: | I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee. |
| Job 35:5 | Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you. | Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou. |
| Job 35:6 | If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him? | If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
| Job 35:7 | If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand? | If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? |
| Job 35:8 | Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man. | Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man. |
| Job 35:9 | Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong. | By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty. |
| Job 35:10 | But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night; | But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night, |
| Job 35:11 | Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven? | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens? |
| Job 35:12 | There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer. | There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men. |
| Job 35:13 | But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it; | Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it. |
| Job 35:14 | How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him. | How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him! |
| Job 35:15 | And now ... ; | But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; |
| Job 35:16 | And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge. | Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge. |
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