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| Job 35:1 | Elihu spake moreover, and said, | And Elihu made answer and said, |
| Job 35:2 | Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? | Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say, |
| Job 35:3 | For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? | What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong? |
| Job 35:4 | I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. | I will make answer to you and to your friends: |
| Job 35:5 | Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. | Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you. |
| Job 35:6 | If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? | 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? |
| Job 35:7 | If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? | If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand? |
| Job 35:8 | Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. | Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man. |
| Job 35:9 | By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. | 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. |
| Job 35:10 | But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; | But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night; |
| Job 35:11 | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? | Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven? |
| Job 35:12 | There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. | There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer. |
| Job 35:13 | Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. | But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it; |
| Job 35:14 | Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. | How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him. |
| Job 35:15 | But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: | And now ... ; |
| Job 35:16 | Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. | And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge. |
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