1 Elihu continued and said:
2 Do you presume you are right and innocent before God,
3 when you say, "What is it to you, am I doing you harm with my sins?"
4 I will answer you and your friends as well.
5 Look up to the sky and see, gaze at the clouds above.
6 If you sin, what is that for God? Do your many offenses hurt him?
7 If you are just, what do you give him? or what does he receive from your hand?
8 It's a man like yourself that your sin touches, a son of man that your justice affects.
9 Men cry out when greatly oppressed; they plead for relief under the tyrant's reign.
10 But no one says, "Where is God, my Maker, whose songs of jubilation are heard in the night,
11 who teaches us through the beasts of the earth, who makes us wise through the birds of the air?"
12 This is why he does not answer when they cry out: because of man's arrogance.
13 In vain! God does not listen, the Almighty takes no heed of it.
14 How much less then will he listen when you say you do not see him and wait, for your case is before him!
15 And you say that though he is angry he does not know how to punish for he has taken no notice of wickedness.
16 So Job opens his mouth in empty talk, without knowledge he multiplies words.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 35:
Job 35 is a chapter in which Eliú continues his speech, arguing that men's actions do not affect God and that it is important to seek God with sincerity and humility. He also talks about divine justice and the importance of trusting God rather than trusting in his own works. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 35:
Psalm 22:24: "For he did not despise, nor abhorred the affliction of the distress, nor hid his face; before, when he cried, he heard him." This verse talks about how God does not despise or abandon the afflicted, but hear them when they cry to Him, relating to Eliú's message about the importance of seeking God with sincerity.
Psalm 145:17: "Just is the Lord in all his ways, and holy in all his works." This verse talks about the righteousness of God and his holiness in all works, which relates to Eliú's discourse on divine justice.
Proverbs 3:34: "Certainly he shall mock the mockery, but he will give grace to the meek." This verse talks about how God rewards the humble and meek, in opposition to the scope, which relates to Eliú's message about the importance of seeking God with humility.
Ecclesiastes 3:14: "I know that all that God does will last forever; nothing must be added to Him, and nothing must be taken from Him; and it does God to fear before Him." This verse talks about how all God does is eternal and cannot be changed, which relates to Eliú's message about the importance of trusting God rather than trusting in his own works.
Isaiah 40:31: "But those who wait in the Lord shall renew their strength and rise with wings as eagles; they shall run and will not tire; they will walk and not stick." This verse talks about how those who expect in the Lord will be renewed and will not tire, relating to Eliú's message about the importance of trusting God and not in their own strength.
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