Job 35 NKJV NLT Parallel

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◄ Job 35 ►

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1Moreover Elihu answered and said:

1Then Elihu said:

2“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

2“Do you think it is right for you to claim, ‘I am righteous before God’?

3For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

3For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me? What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

4“I will answer you, And your companions with you.

4“I will answer you and all your friends, too.

5Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds— They are higher than you.

5Look up into the sky, and see the clouds high above you.

6If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

6If you sin, how does that affect God? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?

7If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

7If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?

8Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.

8No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans.

9“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

9“People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.

10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

10Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?

11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

11Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’

12There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

12And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.

13Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.

13But it is wrong to say God doesn’t listen, to say the Almighty isn’t concerned.

14Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.

14You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait.

15And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,

15You say he does not respond to sinners with anger and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.

16Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge.”

16But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”