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Job 35
Expanded Bible
Job 35
Expanded Bible
35 Then Elihu answered:
2 “Do you think this is ·fair [just]?
You say, ‘·God will show that I am right [or I am more right than God],’
3 but you also ask, ‘What’s the use?
·I don’t gain [L How have I gained…?] anything by not sinning.’
4 “I will answer you
and your friends who are with you.
5 Look up at the ·sky [L heavens and see]
and observe the clouds so high above you.
6 If you sin, it does nothing to ·God [L him];
even if your ·sins [transgressions] are many, they do nothing to him.
7 If you are ·good [right; righteous], ·you give nothing [L what would you give…?] to God;
·he receives nothing [L what would he receive…?] from your hand.
8 Your ·evil ways [wickedness] only ·hurt [or influence] others like yourself,
and ·the good you do [your righteousness] only ·helps [or influences] other human beings.
9 “·People [L They] cry out ·when they are in trouble [due to their many oppressions];
they ·beg for relief [shout for help] ·from powerful people [L because of the arm of the strong].
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God, my Maker,
who gives us ·songs [or strength] in the night,
11 who ·makes us smarter [or teaches us more] than the animals of the earth
and wiser than the birds of the ·air [heavens]?’
12 He does not answer evil people when they cry out,
because the wicked are proud.
13 God does not listen to their useless begging;
the Almighty pays no attention to them.
14 ·He will listen to you even [L How much] less
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him,
that you must wait for him,
15 that his anger never punishes,
and that he doesn’t notice evil.
16 So Job is only speaking ·nonsense [meaningless things],
saying many words ·without knowing what is true [ignorantly].”
Job 35
New International Version
Job 35
New International Version
35 Then Elihu said:
2 “Do you think this is just?
You say, ‘I am in the right,(A) not God.’(B)
3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
and what do I gain by not sinning?’(C)
4 “I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
5 Look up at the heavens(D) and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.(E)
6 If you sin, how does that affect him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(F)
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(G)
or what does he receive(H) from your hand?(I)
8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,(J)
and your righteousness only other people.(K)
9 “People cry out(L) under a load of oppression;(M)
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(N)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(O)
who gives songs(P) in the night,(Q)
11 who teaches(R) us(S) more than he teaches[b] the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than[c] the birds in the sky?’
12 He does not answer(T) when people cry out
because of the arrogance(U) of the wicked.(V)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.(W)
14 How much less, then, will he listen
when you say that you do not see him,(X)
that your case(Y) is before him
and you must wait for him,(Z)
15 and further, that his anger never punishes(AA)
and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[d](AB)
16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;(AC)
without knowledge he multiplies words.”(AD)
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