Job 35
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Elihu Continues: I Will Answer You and Your Friends, Job
1Elihu continued to speak ⌞to Job and his friends⌟,
2“Do you think this is right
when you say, ‘My case is more just than God’s,’
3when you ask, ‘What benefit is it to you?’
and, ‘What would I gain by sinning?’
4I will answer you and your friends.
Human Behavior Cannot Change God
5“Look at the heavens and see.
Observe the clouds high above you.
6If you’ve sinned, what effect can you have on God?
If you’ve done many wrongs, what can you do to him?
7If you’re righteous, what can you give him,
or what can he get from you?
8Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself.
Your righteousness affects only the descendants of Adam.
9The weight of oppression makes them cry out.
The power of mighty people makes them call for help.
10But no one asks,
‘Where is God, my Creator,
who inspires songs in the night,
11who teaches us more than he teaches the animals of the earth,
who makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’
12Then they cry out, but he doesn’t answer them
because of the arrogance of ⌞those⌟ evil people.
13“Surely, God doesn’t listen to idle complaints.
The Almighty doesn’t even pay attention to them.
14Although you say that you pay attention to him,
your case is in front of him, but you’ll have to wait for him.
15And now ⌞you say⌟ that his anger doesn’t punish ⌞anyone⌟
and he isn’t too concerned about evil.
16Job opens his mouth for no good reason
and talks a lot without having any knowledge.”
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Job 35
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1Elihu continued,
2“Job, do you think it’s fair for you to say,
‘I am the one who is right, not God’?
3You ask him, ‘What good is it for me not to sin?
What do I get by not sinning?’
4“I’d like to reply to you
and to your friends who are with you.
5Look up at the heavens.
Observe the clouds that are high above you.
6If you sin, what does that mean to God?
If you sin many times, what does that do to him?
7If you do what is right, how does that help him?
What does he get from you?
8The evil things you do only hurt people like yourself.
The right things you do only help other human beings.
9“People cry out when they are treated badly.
They beg to be set free from the power of those who are over them.
10But no one says, ‘Where is the God who made me?
He gives us songs even during the night.
11He teaches us more than he teaches the wild animals.
He makes us wiser than the birds in the sky.’
12He doesn’t answer sinful people when they cry out to him.
That’s because they are so proud.
13In fact, God doesn’t listen to their empty cries.
The Mighty One doesn’t pay any attention to them.
14So he certainly won’t listen to you.
When you say you don’t see him, he won’t hear you.
He won’t listen when you state your case to him.
He won’t pay attention even if you wait for him.
15When you say his anger never punishes sin, he won’t hear you.
He won’t listen when you say he doesn’t pay any attention to evil.
16So you say things that don’t mean anything.
You use a lot of words,
but you don’t know what you are talking about.”
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