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Elihu Sharply Reproves Job
1 Then Elihu continued and said,
2 “Do you think this is according to AJob 27:2justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
BJob 9:30, 31What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4 “I will answer you,
And your friends with you.
5 “AGen 15:5; Ps 8:3Look at the heavens and see;
And behold BJob 22:12the clouds—they are higher than you.
6 “If you have sinned, AJob 7:20; Prov 8:36; Jer 7:19what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7 “If you are righteous, AJob 22:2, 3; Prov 9:12; Luke 17:10; Rom 11:35what do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?
8 “Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.
9 “Because of the AEx 2:23multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm BJob 12:19of the mighty.
10 “But AJob 21:14; 27:10; 36:13; Is 51:13no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who BJob 8:21; Ps 42:8; 77:6; 149:5; Acts 16:25gives songs in the night,
11 Who AJob 36:22; Ps 94:12; Jer 32:33teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12 “There AProv 1:28they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
13 “Surely AJob 27:9; Prov 15:29; Is 1:15; Jer 11:11; Mic 3:4God will not listen to 1Or falsehoodan empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 “How much less when AJob 9:11; 23:8, 9you say you do not behold Him,
The BJob 31:35case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15 “And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged 1Or arrogancetransgression well,
16 So Job opens his mouth 1Lit vainlyemptily;
He multiplies words AJob 34:35; 38:2without knowledge.”
135:3 Or you
A35:6 Job 7:20; Prov 8:36; Jer 7:19
A35:7 Job 22:2, 3; Prov 9:12; Luke 17:10; Rom 11:35
A35:10 Job 21:14; 27:10; 36:13; Is 51:13
B35:10 Job 8:21; Ps 42:8; 77:6; 149:5; Acts 16:25
A35:11 Job 36:22; Ps 94:12; Jer 32:33
A35:13 Job 27:9; Prov 15:29; Is 1:15; Jer 11:11; Mic 3:4
135:13 Or falsehood
135:15 Or arrogance
135:16 Lit vainly