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35 Then Elihu continued:

Do you really think it is right when you say,
“My righteousness is greater than God’s”?[a]
You even say, “What use will this be to me?
How will it profit me more than if I sinned?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:2 Or my righteousness will come from God. The line is cryptic.

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”