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Elihu Speaks Again

35 In response, Elihu said:

“Are you saying that it’s just for you to claim,
    ‘I’m more righteous than God?’
After all, you’ve asked what your benefit will be:
    ‘What will I profit from refraining from sin?’

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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”