968 B
968 B
Elihu continues speaking.
If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God?
AT: "All of your many sins cannot harm the person or character of God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
AT: "Though you sin continually and with huge results, your sins have no effect on him." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
AT: "Or if your behavior is perfect, you still have no effect on God. He is already perfect; you cannot improve God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
from your hand
AT: "from you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
son of man
"fellow human-being " or "another person"