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Job 35
1599 Geneva Bible
Job 35
1599 Geneva Bible
35 6 Neither doth godliness profit, or ungodliness hurt God, but man. 13 The wicked cry unto God and are not heard.
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am [a]more righteous than God?
3 For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee, and what availeth it me, to purge me from my sin?
4 Therefore will I answer thee, and thy [b]companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heaven, and see and behold the [c]clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou [d]against him, yea, when thy sins be many, what doest thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou unto him? or what receiveth he at thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 They cause many that are oppressed, [e]to cry, which cry out for the violence of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where is God that made me, which giveth songs in the night?
11 Which teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and giveth us more wisdom than the fowls of the heaven.
12 Then they cry because of the violence of the wicked, [f]but he answereth not.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, [g]yet judgment is before him: trust thou in him.
15 But now because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the evil with great extremity,
16 Therefore Job [h]openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
Footnotes
- Job 35:2 Job never spake these words: but because he maintained his innocence, it seemed as though he would say, that God tormented him without just cause.
- Job 35:4 Such as are in the like error.
- Job 35:5 If thou canst not control the clouds, wilt thou presume to instruct God?
- Job 35:6 Neither doth thy sin hurt God, nor thy justice profit him: for he will be glorified without thee.
- Job 35:9 The wicked may hurt man and cause him to cry, who if he sought to God which sendeth comfort should be delivered.
- Job 35:12 Because they pray not in faith, as feeling God’s mercies.
- Job 35:14 God is just, howsoever thou judgest of him.
- Job 35:16 For if he did punish thee as thou deservest, thou shouldest not be able to open thy mouth.
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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