1Elihu[H453]spake[H6030] moreover, and said[H559],
2Thinkest[H2803] thou this to be right[H4941], that thou saidst[H559], My righteousness[H6664] is more than God's?
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For thou saidst[H559], What advantage[H5532] will it be unto thee? and, What profit[H3276] shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?[H2403]
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I will answer[H7725] thee, and thy companions[H7453] with thee.
5Look[H5027] unto the heavens[H8064], and see[H7200]; and behold[H7789] the clouds[H7834] which are higher[H1361] than thou.
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If thou sinnest[H2398], what doest[H6466] thou against him? or if thy transgressions[H6588] be multiplied[H7231], what doest[H6213] thou unto him?
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If thou be righteous[H6663], what givest[H5414] thou him? or what receiveth[H3947] he of thine hand?[H3027]
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Thy wickedness[H7562] may hurt a man[H376] as thou art; and thy righteousness[H6666] may profit the son[H1121] of man[H120].
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By reason of the multitude[H7230] of oppressions[H6217] they make the oppressed to cry[H2199]: they cry[H2199]out[H7768] by reason of the arm[H2220] of the mighty[H7227].
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But none saith[H559], Where is God[H433] my maker[H6213], who giveth[H5414]songs[H2158] in the night[H3915];
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Who teacheth[H502] us more than the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776], and maketh us wiser[H2449] than the fowls[H5775] of heaven?[H8064]
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There they cry[H6817], but none giveth answer[H6030], because[H6440] of the pride[H1347] of evil men[H7451].
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Surely God[H410] will not hear[H8085]vanity[H7723], neither will the Almighty[H7706]regard[H7789] it.
14Although[H637] thou sayest[H559] thou shalt not see[H7789] him, yet judgment[H1779] is before[H6440] him; therefore trust[H2342] thou in him.
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But now, because it is not so, he hath visited[H6485] in his anger[H639]; yet he knoweth[H3045] it not in great[H3966]extremity[H6580]:
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Therefore doth Job[H347]open[H6475] his mouth[H6310] in vain[H1892]; he multiplieth[H3527]words[H4405]without[H1097]knowledge[H1847].