Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
And
Elihu went
on
to
say:
Moreover
Elihu answered
and
said,
“Do
you
think
this is
just?
You
say
, ‘I
am
more righteous
than God.’
Thinkest
thou
this to
be
`thy'
right
, `Or'
sayest
thou,
My
righteousness
is
more than God's,
For
you
ask
, ‘
What does
it profit
me,
and what benefit
do
I gain
apart
from
sin
? ’
That
thou
sayest
, What advantage
will
it be
unto
thee?
`
And ',
What profit
shall
I have,
more
than
if
I
had
sinned
?
I will reply
to
you
and to
your
friends
as
well
.
I will answer
thee,
And thy
companions
with
thee
.
Look to
the heavens and see; gaze
at
the clouds
high
above
you
.
Look unto
the heavens ,
and see; And
behold
the skies,
which
are
higher
than
thou
.
If you
sin
, what do
you
accomplish
against Him? If you
multiply
your
transgressions, what do
you
do
to
Him?
If thou
hast
sinned
, what effectest
thou
against him? And
if thy
transgressions be
multiplied
, what doest
thou
unto
him?
If you
are
righteous, what do
you
give
Him ,
or what does
He receive
from
your
hand?
If thou
be
righteous, what givest
thou
him ?
Or what receiveth
he of
thy
hand?
Your
wickedness affects
only
a man like
yourself,
and your
righteousness only
a son of man.
Thy
wickedness `may
hurt'
a man as
thou
art;
And thy
righteousness `may
profit'
a son of man.
Men
cry out under
great
oppression
; they plead
for relief
from
the arm of the mighty.
By
reason
of
the
multitude
of
oppressions
they
cry out; They cry
for help
by
reason
of
the arm of the mighty.
But no
one
asks
, ‘
Where is God my Maker, who gives
us
songs in the night,
But none
saith
, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth
songs in the night,
who teaches
us more than the beasts of the earth and makes
us wiser than the birds of the air
? ’
Who teacheth
us more than the beasts of the earth ,
And maketh
us wiser than the birds of the heavens
?
There they cry out
, but He
does
not
answer, because of the pride of evil men.
There they cry, but none
giveth
answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
Surely God does
not listen
to
empty pleas
, and
the Almighty does
not
take
note
of
it.
Surely God will
not hear
an
empty `cry'
, Neither
will
the Almighty regard
it.
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 ,
How much less when thou
sayest
thou
beholdest
him not
, The
cause
is before him ,
and thou
waitest
for him !
and
further
, that
in His anger He has
not
punished
or
taken
much
notice
of
folly!
But
now
, because
he
hath
not
visited
in his anger ,
Neither
doth
he greatly
regard
arrogance;
So
Job opens
his mouth in vain
and
multiplies
words without knowledge. ”
Therefore
doth
Job open
his mouth in vanity;
He
multiplieth
words without knowledge.
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