Verse
KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Elihu
spake
moreover,
and said,
And Elihu
went
on
to
say:
Thinkest
thou
this to
be
right,
that
thou
saidst,
My
righteousness
is more than God's?
“Do
you
think
this is just?
You
say,
‘I
am
more righteous
than God.’
For thou
saidst
, What advantage
will
it be
unto
thee?
and,
What
profit shall
I
have
, if
I be
cleansed
from my
sin?
For you
ask
, ‘
What does
it profit me
, and
what
benefit
do
I gain
apart
from sin? ’
I will answer
thee,
and thy
companions
with
thee
.
I will reply
to
you
and to
your
friends
as
well
.
Look unto
the heavens ,
and see; and
behold
the clouds which
are
higher
than
thou
.
Look to
the heavens and see; gaze
at
the clouds high
above
you
.
If thou
sinnest
, what doest
thou
against him? or
if thy
transgressions be
multiplied
, what doest
thou
unto
him?
If you
sin
, what do
you
accomplish
against Him? If you
multiply
your
transgressions, 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
Him ,
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 affects
only
a man like
yourself,
and your
righteousness only
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.
Men
cry out under
great
oppression;
they
plead
for
relief
from
the arm of the mighty.
But none
saith
, Where is God my maker, who giveth
songs in the night ;
But no
one
asks
, ‘
Where is God my Maker, who gives
us
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
air
? ’
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.
Surely God will
not hear
vanity
, neither
will
the Almighty regard
it.
Surely God does
not listen
to
empty
pleas
, and
the Almighty does
not
take
note
of
it.
Although
thou
sayest
thou
shalt
not see him, yet
judgment
is before him ;
therefore
trust
thou
in
him .
How
much
less,
then,
when
you
say
that
you
do
not see Him, that
your
case
is before Him and
you
must
wait
for
Him ,
But
now,
because
it
is
not
so
, he
hath
visited
in his anger ;
yet
he knoweth
it
not in
great
extremity:
and
further
, that
in His anger He has
not punished
or
taken
much
notice
of
folly!
Therefore
doth
Job open
his mouth in vain ;
he
multiplieth
words without knowledge.
So
Job opens
his mouth in vain and
multiplies
words without knowledge. ”
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