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[1]Moreover Elihu answered and said:
[2]Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I a righteousness before God',
[3]That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
[4]I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
[5]Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
[6]If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
[7]If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?
[8]Wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.
[9]By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
[10]But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
[11]Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'
[12]There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
[13]Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will t Almighty regard it.
[14]Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him—the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
[15]And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
[16]But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth word without knowledge.
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