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¹ Then Elihu continued, saying:

² Do you think it is just when you say, “I am righteous before God”?

³ For you ask, “What does it profit You, [1] and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?” ⓐ

⁴ I will answer you and your friends with you.

⁵ Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

⁶ If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?

⁷ If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? ⓑ

⁸ Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness another human being.

⁹ People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty. ⓒ

¹⁰ But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker, ⓓ who provides us with songs in the night, ⓔ

¹¹ who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” ⓕ

¹² There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. ⓖ

¹³ Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it —

¹⁴ how much less when [2] you complain [3] that you do not see Him, that your case ⓗ is before Him and you are waiting ⓘ for Him.

¹⁵ But now, because God’s anger does not punish and He does not pay attention to transgression, [4]

¹⁶ Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge. ⓙ

#	HCSB
1	Then Elihu continued, saying:
2	Do you think it is just when you say, “I am righteous before God”?
3	For you ask, “What does it profit You, [1] and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?” ⓐ
4	I will answer you and your friends with you.
5	Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6	If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?
7	If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? ⓑ
8	Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness another human being.
9	People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty. ⓒ
10	But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker, ⓓ who provides us with songs in the night, ⓔ
11	who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” ⓕ
12	There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men. ⓖ
13	Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it —
14	how much less when [2] you complain [3] that you do not see Him, that your case ⓗ is before Him and you are waiting ⓘ for Him.
15	But now, because God’s anger does not punish and He does not pay attention to transgression, [4]
16	Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge. ⓙ

Footnotes & Cross-References

^{Job 35:3 [58]} Or you

^{Job 35:10 [59]} Or night, / 11 who teaches us by

^{Job 35:11 [60]} Or us wise by

^{Job 35:15 [61]} Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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