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Elihu Answers Job

35 Then Elihu answered and said,

“Do you think this is according to (A)justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
For you say, ‘(B)What use will it be to [a]You?
(C)What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:3 Or you

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”