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Job 35

Elihu Sharply Reproves Job

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Then Elihu continued and said,

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"Do you think this is according to  ajustice? Do you say, `My righteousness is more than God's'?

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"For you say, ` aWhat advantage will it be to  1You?  bWhat profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?'

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"I will answer you, And your friends with you.

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aLook at the heavens and see; And behold  bthe clouds--they are higher than you.

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"If you have sinned,  awhat do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

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"If you are righteous,  awhat do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?

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"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.

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"Because of the  amultitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm  bof the mighty.

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"But  ano one says, `Where is God my Maker, Who  bgives songs in the night,

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Who  ateaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'

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"There  athey cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.

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"Surely  aGod will not listen to  1an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.

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"How much less when  ayou say you do not behold Him, The  bcase is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

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"And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged  1transgression well,

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So Job opens his mouth  1emptily; He multiplies words  awithout knowledge."



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