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Elihu spake moreover, and said,
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Elihu lit into Job again:
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Then Elihu said:
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Moreover Elihu answered and said:
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Then Elihu said:
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Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
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"Does this kind of thing make any sense? First you say, "I'm perfectly innocent before God.'
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"Do you think this is just? You say, 'I will be cleared by God. '
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"Do you think this is right? Do you say, "My righteousness is more than God's'?
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"Do you think it is right for you to claim, `I am righteous before God'?
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For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
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And then you say, "It doesn't make a bit of difference whether I've sinned or not.'
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Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?'
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For you say, "What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
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Yet you also ask, `What's the use of living a righteous life? How will it benefit me?'
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I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
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"Well, I'm going to show you that you don't know what you're talking about, neither you nor your friends.
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"I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
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"I will answer you, And your companions with you.
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"I will answer you and all your friends, too.
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Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
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Look up at the sky. Take a long hard look. See those clouds towering above you?
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Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
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Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- They are higher than you.
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Look up into the sky and see the clouds high above you.
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If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
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If you sin, what difference could that make to God? No matter how much you sin, will it matter to him?
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If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
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If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?
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If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?
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If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
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Even if you're good, what would God get out of that? Do you think he's dependent on your accomplishments?
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If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
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If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
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If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?
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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
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The only ones who care whether you're good or bad are your family and friends and neighbors. God's not dependent on your behavior.
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Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only the sons of men.
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Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.
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No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds affect only other people.
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
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"When times get bad, people cry out for help. They cry for relief from being kicked around,
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"Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
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"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
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"The oppressed cry out beneath the wrongs that are done to them. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
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But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
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But never give God a thought when things go well, when God puts spontaneous songs in their hearts,
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But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
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But no one says, "Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
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Yet they don't ask, `Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?
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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
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When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom, using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.
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who teaches more to us than to the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?'
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Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?'
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Where is the one who makes us wiser than the animals and birds?'
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There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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People are arrogantly indifferent to God--until, of course, they're in trouble, and then God is indifferent to them.
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He does not answer when men cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.
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There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
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"And if they do cry out and God does not answer, it is because of their pride.
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Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
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There's nothing behind such prayers except panic; the Almighty pays them no mind.
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Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.
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Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
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But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen, to say the Almighty isn't concerned.
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Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
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So why would he notice you just because you say you're tired of waiting to be heard,
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How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,
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Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
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And it is even more false to say he doesn't see what is going on. He will bring about justice if you will only wait.
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But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
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Or waiting for him to get good and angry and do something about the world's problems?
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and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.
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And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,
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But do you cry out against him because he does not respond in anger?
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Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
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"Job, you talk sheer nonsense--nonstop nonsense!"
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So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words."
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Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge."
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Job, you have protested in vain. You have spoken like a fool."
