Iyov (Job) 35
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1Elihu went on to say:
2“Are you so convinced you are right,
that you say, ‘I am more just than God’?
3For you ask what advantage it is to you,
‘How do I gain from not sinning?’
4“Here is my answer to you,
to you and to your friends:
5Look at the heavens and see;
observe the skies, high above you.
6If you sin, how do you hurt him?
If your crimes are many, how do you affect him?
7If you are righteous, what do you give him?
What benefit does he get from you?
8Your wickedness can affect only others like you,
and your righteousness only other human beings.
9People cry out from under many oppressions;
they cry for help from under the fist of the mighty.
10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my maker,
who causes glad songs to ring out at night,
11who teaches us more than he teaches wild animals
and makes us wiser than the birds in the air?’
12They may cry out, but no one answers,
because of evil men’s pride.
13For God will not listen to empty cries;
Shaddai pays no attention to them.
14All the more when you say that you don’t see him!
Just be patient; he’s considering the matter.
15But now, just because he doesn’t get angry and punish,
does it mean he doesn’t know what arrogance is?
16So Iyov is being futile when he opens his mouth;
he is piling up words without knowledge.”
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