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\c 35
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\p
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\v 1 Then Elihu also said this:
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\q1
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\v 2 "Job, do you really think that you have done nothing wrong?
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\q1 You say, 'God knows that I am innocent,'
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\q1
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\v 3 and you also say, 'What good have I received for not sinning?
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\q2 What benefit have I received that I would not have had, even if I had sinned?'
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 Well, I will answer you,
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\q2 and I will answer your three friends, too.
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\q1
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\v 5 Job, look up at the sky;
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\q2 look at the clouds that are high above you
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\q2 and realize that God is far above everything, entirely out of your reach.
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\q1
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\v 6 If you have sinned, that cannot harm God at all.
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\q2 Even if you do wrong things many, many times, that certainly does not hurt him.
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\q1
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\v 7 In the same way, if you are righteous, does that help God?
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\q2 No, nothing you do can help him.
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\q1
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\v 8 It is other people who can suffer because of the wicked things that you do;
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\q2 In the same way, you might help others if you do good things for them.
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\q1
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\v 9 People cry out because of the many things that others do to make them suffer;
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\q2 they call for help because of the things that powerful people do to them.
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\q1
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\v 10 But no one calls out to God
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\q2 and says, 'Why does God, my creator, not help me?
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\q2 He should enable me to sing joyful songs, instead of very sad songs, during the night.
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\q1
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\v 11 He should be able to teach us more than he teaches the wild animals;
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\q2 he should enable us to become wiser than all the birds are!'
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\v 12 People cry out for help,
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\q2 but God does not answer them
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\q2 because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
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\q1
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\v 13 It is useless for them to cry out
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\q2 because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
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\q1
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\v 14 So when you complain that you cannot see God,
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\q2 and you tell him that you are waiting for him to decide whether or not you have done wrong,
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\q2 he will not listen to you, either!
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\q1
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\v 15 Furthermore, you say that because he does not pay attention when people commit sins,
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\q2 he does not become angry and punish them.
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\q1
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\v 16 My friends, you see that Job has said things that are completely useless,
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\q2 that he says many things without knowing what in the world he is talking about."
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