Job 35 - NKJV Bible Online

Job 35

Moreover Elihu answered and said:

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“Do you think this is right?

Do you say,

‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

For ^ayou say,

‘What advantage will it be to You?

What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

“I will answer you,

And ^ayour companions with you.

^aLook to the heavens and see;

And behold the clouds—

They are higher than you.

If you sin, what do you accomplish ^aagainst Him?

Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

^aIf you are righteous, what do you give Him?

Or what does He receive from your hand?

Your wickedness affects a man such as you,

And your righteousness a son of man.

“Because^a of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;

They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

But no one says, ^a‘Where is God my Maker,

^bWho gives songs in the night,

Who ^ateaches us more than the beasts of the earth,

And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

^aThere they cry out, but He does not answer,

Because of the pride of evil men.

^aSurely God will not listen to empty talk,

Nor will the Almighty regard it.

^aAlthough you say you do not see Him,

Yet justice is before Him, and ^byou must wait for Him.

And now, because He has not ^apunished in His anger,

Nor taken much notice of folly,

^aTherefore Job opens his mouth in vain;

He multiplies words without knowledge.”