Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Moreover
Elihu
answered
and said,
And Elihu
went
on
to
say:
Thinkest
thou
this to
be
`thy'
right,
`Or'
sayest
thou,
My
righteousness
is more than God's,
“Do
you
think
this is just?
You
say,
‘I
am
more righteous
than God.’
That
thou
sayest
, What advantage
will
it be
unto
thee?
`And',
What
profit shall
I
have
, more
than
if
I had
sinned
?
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 skies,
which
are
higher
than
thou
.
Look to
the heavens and see; gaze
at
the clouds
high
above
you
.
If thou
hast
sinned
, what effectest
thou
against him? And
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
thy
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'
a 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
cry out; They cry
for help
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 birds of the heavens
?
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
an
empty `cry'
, Neither
will
the Almighty regard
it.
Surely God does
not listen
to
empty pleas
, and
the Almighty does
not
take
note
of
it.
How much less when thou
sayest
thou
beholdest
him
not, The
cause
is before him ,
and thou
waitest
for 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
he
hath
not
visited
in his anger ,
Neither
doth
he greatly
regard
arrogance;
and
further
, that
in His anger He has
not
punished
or
taken
much
notice
of
folly!
Therefore
doth
Job open
his mouth in vanity;
He
multiplieth
words without knowledge.
So
Job opens
his mouth in vain
and
multiplies
words without knowledge. ”
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