| Chapter 35
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| 1 | Elihu spake
moreover, and said, |
| 2 |
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than
God's? |
| 3 | For thou saidst,
What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be
cleansed from my sin? |
| 4 | I
will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. |
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5 | Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds
which are higher than thou. |
| 6 |
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be
multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
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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. |
| 9 | By reason of
the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by
reason of the arm of the mighty. |
|
10 | But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
night; |
| 11 | Who teacheth
us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of
heaven? |
| 12 | There they
cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. |
| 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. |
| 15 | 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. |
