Job

Job 35 ©

1 Elihu again reproveth Job of setting up his own righteousness against God's, between whom and man there is no comparison. 6 The good or evil actions of men extend not to God. 9 If God heareth not the cry of the afflicted, it is because they address him not as they ought. 14 The application of this doctrine to the case of Job.

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ELIHU spake moreover, and said,

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aThinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, bMy righteousness is more than God's?

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For thou saidst, cWhat advantage will it be unto thee? and, dWhat profit shall I have, 1if I be cleansed from my sin?

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2I will answer thee, and ethy companions with thee.

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fLook unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

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If thou sinnest, what doest thou gagainst him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

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hIf thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

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Thy wickedness may hurt ia man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

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jBy reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they kcry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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But lnone saith, Where is God my maker, who mgiveth songs in the night;

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Who nteacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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There othey cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

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Surely God will not hear pvanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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Although thou sayest qthou shalt not see him, yet rjudgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

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But now, sbecause it is not so, 3he hath visited in his anger; yet 4he knoweth it not in tgreat extremity:

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Therefore doth Job uopen his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.