### American Standard Version

Job 34

## The Book of Job

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| # Chapter 35
#### 1 | Moreover Elihu answered and said,
#### 2 | Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,
#### 3 | That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
#### 4 | I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
#### 5 | Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
#### 6 | If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
#### 7 | If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
#### 8 | Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.
#### 9 | By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
#### 10 | But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
#### 11 | Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
#### 12 | There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
#### 13 | Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.
#### 14 | How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
#### 15 | But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
#### 16 | Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 36

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