Elihu Recalls God’s Justice 1 ULT And Elihu answered and said, BSB BSB: And Elihu went on to say:
2 ULT “Do you consider this to{ be} justice? You say,‘I am more righteous than God’! BSB BSB: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 ULT For you have said,‘What does it benefit you? What do I gain more than my sin?’ BSB BSB: For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 ULT I will answer you{ with} words, and your friends with you. BSB BSB: I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 ULT Observe the heavens and see, and look, the clouds soar above you. BSB BSB: Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 ULT If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? Or{ if} your transgressions multiply, 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 ULT If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does 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 ULT Your wickedness{ is} to a man like you, and your righteousness{ is} to a son of man. BSB BSB: Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 ULT From the multitude of oppressions they make a cry; they shout from the arm of the mighty. BSB BSB: Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 ULT But one does not say,‘Where is God my Maker, the one giving songs in the night, BSB BSB: But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 ULT the one teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, making us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’ BSB BSB: who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 ULT There they cry out, but he does not answer from the face of the pride of evil{ ones}. BSB BSB: There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 ULT Surely God does not hear vanity, and the Almighty does not regard it. BSB BSB: Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 ULT How much less that you say you do not see him, the case{ is} to his face, and 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 ULT and now that{ in} his nose, he does not visit, and he does not take much notice of transgression! BSB BSB: and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 ULT So Job opens his mouth{ in} vain; without knowledge, he multiplies words.” BSB BSB: So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
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