35 lines
1.3 KiB
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35 lines
1.3 KiB
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# Chapter 35
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1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:
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2 “Do you think this is right?
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Do you say,
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‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
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3 For you say,
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‘What advantage will it be to You?
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What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’
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4 “I will answer you,
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And your companions with you.
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5 Look to the heavens and see;
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And behold the clouds—
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They are higher than you.
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6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him?
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Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?
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7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him?
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Or what does He receive from your hand?
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8 Your wickedness affects a man such as you,
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And your righteousness a son of man.
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9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
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They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
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10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
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Who gives songs in the night,
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11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
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And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’
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12 There they cry out, but He does not answer,
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Because of the pride of evil men.
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13 Surely God will not listen to empty talk,
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Nor will the Almighty regard it.
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14 Although you say you do not see Him,
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Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
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15 And now, because He has not punished in His anger,
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Nor taken much notice of folly,
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16 Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain;
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He multiplies words without knowledge.” |