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| 1 Moreover Elihu, responded and said:– |
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| 2 This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said–My righteousness is more than GOD'S. |
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| 3 For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin? |
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| 4 I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee. |
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| 5 Look at the heavens and see,–and survey the skies–they are higher than thou. |
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| 6 If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? |
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| 7 If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept? |
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| 8 Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness. |
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| 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty; |
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| 10 But none saith–Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth songs in the night; |
Songs In the night – Even in this night-time the Lord's people do not need to sorrow as others who have no hope. "He hath put a new song into our mouths." (Psa. 40:3) R3123:3
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| 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
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| 12 There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers. |
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| 13 Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it. |
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| 14 How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him. |
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| 15 But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest]–His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression; |
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| 16 Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words. |
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