Chapter 35

  Moreover Elihu answered and said,  

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  Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,  

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  That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?  

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  I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.  

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  Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.  

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  If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?  

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  If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?  

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  Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.  

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  By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.  

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  But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,  

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  Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?  

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  There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.  

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  Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.  

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  How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!  

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  But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;  

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  Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.  

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