Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
And
Elihu went
on
to
say:
Moreover
Elihu answered,
“
Do you think this is
just?
You say, ‘I
am
more righteous
than God.’
"
Do you think this to
be
your
right,
Or
do
you say, '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
you ask, '
What advantage
will
it be
to
you?
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
you ,
And your companions
with
you
.
Look to the heavens and see ;
gaze
at
the clouds
high
above
you.
Look to the heavens ,
and see .
See
the skies,
which
are
higher
than
you.
If you sin
, what do you accomplish
against Him? If you
multiply
your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
If you have
sinned
, what effect
do you have
against him? If your transgressions are
multiplied
, what do you do to him?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him ,
or what does He receive from your hand?
If you are righteous, what do you give him ?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
Your wickedness affects
only
a man like
yourself,
and your righteousness only
a son of man.
Your wickedness may
hurt
a man as
you
are;
And your 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
says
, '
Where is God my Maker, Who gives 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 teaches us more than the animals
of the earth ,
And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky
? '
There they cry out
, but He
does
not
answer, because of the pride of evil men.
There they cry, but none
gives
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 you say you don't
see him .
The
cause
is before him ,
and you wait for him !
and
further
, that
in His anger He has
not
punished
or
taken
much
notice
of
folly!
But
now
, because
he
has
not
visited
in his anger ,
Neither
does
he greatly
regard
arrogance.
So
Job opens his mouth in
vain
and multiplies words without knowledge. ”
Therefore
Job opens his mouth with
empty
talk,
And he
multiplies words without knowledge. "
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