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35 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Thinkest thou this to be thy right,
Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
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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Elihu Condemns Job

35 Moreover,[a] Elihu spoke up[b] and said,

“Do you think this is justice when you say,
I am right[c] before God’?
If you ask what it profits you:
‘How do I benefit by refraining from my sin?’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 35:1 Literally “answered”; see NET
  3. Job 35:2 Literally “My righteousness”
  4. Job 35:3 Literally “from my sin”