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