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Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Elihu Condemns Job
And Elihu answered and said:
And Elihu answered and said:
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
“Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
that you ask, ‘What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Look at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness a son of man.
and your righteousness a son of man.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
who gives songs in the night,
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
because of the pride of evil men.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.
nor does the Almighty regard it.
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 case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: