Verse 1
Job 35:1
Bible in Basic English
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And Elihu made answer and said,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַ/יֹּאמַֽר
English Translation
And Elijahu answered and said.
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Chapter 35 Context
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And Elihu made answer and said,
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Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God (Elohim), to say,
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What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
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I will make answer to you and to your friends:
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Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
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If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it...
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If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
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Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
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Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out f...
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But no one has said, Where is God (Elohim) my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
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Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the h...
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There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
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But God (Elohim) will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
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How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waitin...
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And now ... ;
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And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
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