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Job 35
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And Elihu responded and said,
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'Do you think this is right? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than that of El'?
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For you say, 'Of what use is it to you? What do I gain more than if I had sinned?'
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Let me answer you and your friends with you.
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Look to the heavens, and see. And consider the clouds which are higher than you.
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If you sin, what would you do against Him? If your transgressions are increased, what would you do to Him?
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If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
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Your wrong is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.
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Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry out for help because of the arm of the many.
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And no one says, 'Where is Eloah my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
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teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'
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There they cry, but He answers not, because of the pride of evil ones.
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Only, it is false that El does not hear, and that the Almighty pays no attention to it.
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Although you say you do not see Him, yet right-ruling is before Him, and you wait for Him.
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And now, is it for naught that His displeasure has come? Yet He has not taken note of extreme arrogance,
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so Iyob opens his mouth in vain, he increases words without knowledge.'
Job 35
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Job 35
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