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Moreover Elihu answered and said, |
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Thinkest thou this to be `thy' right, `Or' sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, |
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That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? `And', What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? |
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I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee. |
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Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou. |
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If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
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If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? |
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Thy wickedness `may hurt' a man as thou art; And thy righteousness `may profit' a son of man. |
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help 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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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens? |
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There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men. |
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Surely God will not hear an empty `cry', Neither will the Almighty regard it. |
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How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him! |
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But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; |
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Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge. |
