Elihu Recalls God’s Justice 1 UEB Moreover Elihu continued, saying, BSB BSB: And Elihu went on to say:
2 UEB "Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'? BSB BSB: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 UEB For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?' BSB BSB: For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 UEB I will answer you, both you and your friends. BSB BSB: I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 UEB Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you. BSB BSB: Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 UEB If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him? BSB BSB: If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 UEB If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand? BSB BSB: If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 UEB Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man. BSB BSB: Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 UEB Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men. BSB BSB: Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 UEB But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night, BSB BSB: But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 UEB who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?' BSB BSB: who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 UEB There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men. BSB BSB: There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 UEB God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it. BSB BSB: Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 UEB How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him! BSB BSB: How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 UEB Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression. BSB BSB: and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 UEB So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge." BSB BSB: So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
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