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Chapter 35 |
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1 | Elihu spake moreover, and said,
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| 2 | Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is
more than God's? |
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3 | For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto
thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? |
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will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. |
| 5 | Look unto the
heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. |
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If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be
multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
| 7 | If thou be righteous, what
givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? |
| 8 | Thy wickedness
may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of
man. |
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the
oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. |
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But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
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| 11 | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser
than the fowls of heaven? |
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12 | There they cry, but none giveth
answer, because of the pride of evil men. |
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13 | Surely God will not hear
vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. |
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14 | Although thou sayest
thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in
him. |
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But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger;
yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: |
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16 | Therefore doth Job open
his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. |
