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35:1  Elihu continued speaking [to Job] and said,
35:2  “Do you think this is according to [your] justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
35:3  “For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]? What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’
35:4  “I will answer you, And your companions with you.
35:5  “Look to the heavens and see; And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
35:6  “If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him?
35:7  “If you are righteous, what do you give God, Or what does He receive from your hand?
35:8  “Your wickedness affects only a man such as you, And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].
35:9  “Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out; They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty.
35:10  “But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,
35:11  Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
35:12  “The people cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
35:13  “Surely God will not listen to an empty cry [which lacks trust], Nor will the Almighty regard it.
35:14  “Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth], Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
35:15  “And now, because He has not [quickly] punished in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression and arrogance well [and seems unaware of the wrong of which a person is guilty],
35:16  Job uselessly opens his mouth And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”