The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 1 , Then Elihu said:
35:2 'Do you think it is right for you to claim, `I am righteous before God'?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 2 , 'Do you think it is right for you to claim, `I am righteous before God'?
35:3 Yet you also ask, `What's the use of living a righteous life? How will it benefit me?'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 3 , Yet you also ask, `What's the use of living a righteous life? How will it benefit me?'
35:4 'I will answer you and all your friends, too.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 4 , 'I will answer you and all your friends, too.
35:5 Look up into the sky and see the clouds high above you.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 5 , Look up into the sky and see the clouds high above you.
35:6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 6 , If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?
35:7 If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 7 , If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?
35:8 No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds affect only other people.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 8 , No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds affect only other people.
35:9 'The oppressed cry out beneath the wrongs that are done to them. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 9 , 'The oppressed cry out beneath the wrongs that are done to them. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
35:10 Yet they don't ask, `Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 10 , Yet they don't ask, `Where is God my Creator, the one who gives songs in the night?
35:11 Where is the one who makes us wiser than the animals and birds?'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 11 , Where is the one who makes us wiser than the animals and birds?'
35:12 'And if they do cry out and God does not answer, it is because of their pride.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 12 , 'And if they do cry out and God does not answer, it is because of their pride.
35:13 But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen, to say the Almighty isn't concerned.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 13 , But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen, to say the Almighty isn't concerned.
35:14 And it is even more false to say he doesn't see what is going on. He will bring about justice if you will only wait.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 14 , And it is even more false to say he doesn't see what is going on. He will bring about justice if you will only wait.
35:15 But do you cry out against him because he does not respond in anger?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 15 , But do you cry out against him because he does not respond in anger?
35:16 Job, you have protested in vain. You have spoken like a fool.'
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 35 , Verse 16 , Job, you have protested in vain. You have spoken like a fool.'
