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Moreover Elihu answered and said, |
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Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, |
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That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? |
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I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee. |
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Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou. |
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If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? |
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If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand? |
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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man. |
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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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But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night, |
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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens? |
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There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men. |
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Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it. |
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How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him! |
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But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance; |
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Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge. |
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Elihu also proceeded, and said, |
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Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf. |
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
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For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. |
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Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right. |
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. |
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And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; |
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Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
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He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. |
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If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
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But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. |
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But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. |
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They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean. |
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He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. |
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Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. |
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But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee. |
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For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. |
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Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength? |
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Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. |
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Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
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Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? |
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Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? |
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Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. |
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All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. |
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Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. |
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For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, |
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Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. |
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Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? |
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Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. |
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For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. |
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He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. |
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The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up. |
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Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place. |
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Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth. |
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He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightening unto the ends of the earth. |
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After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard. |
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God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. |
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For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain. |
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He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it. |
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Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens. |
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Out of the chamber of the south cometh the storm, And cold out of the north. |
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By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened. |
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Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning: |
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And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world, |
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Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come. |
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Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. |
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Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine? |
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Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge? |
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How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind? |
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Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror? |
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Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness. |
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Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up? |
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And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them. |
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Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty. |
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Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict. |
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Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart. |