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"