Job Chapter[BR] 35

1 And Elius resumed and said,

2 What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord? [Alex. +’What shall I say? what shall I do, having sinned?’]

3 I will answer thee, and thy three friends.

4 Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.

Job Chapter[BR] 35

5 If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?

6 and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?

7 And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?

8 Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

Job Chapter[BR] 35

9 They that are *That is, by false accusation oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

10 But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

11 who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

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12 There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.

13 For the Lord desires not to look on *Lit. improprieties error, for he is the Almighty One.

14 He *Gr. is the beholder of beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now.

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15 For *i. e., God he is not now regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.

16 Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he *Gr. makes heavy multiplies words.