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35 Revised Standard Version BHS Hebrew Text Reference
And Eli'hu said: וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַר׃  
"Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, 'It is my right before God,'
הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵל׃  
that you ask, 'What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
כִּי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִי׃ 
I will answer you
and your friends with you.
אֲנִי אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּךְ׃  
Look at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּךָּ׃  
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied,
what do you do to him?
אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בֹּו וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לֹּו׃  
If you are righteous, what do you give to him;
or what does he receive from your hand?
אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לֹו אֹו מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּח׃ 
Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness a son of man.
לְאִישׁ־כָּמֹוךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶךָ׃  
"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out;
they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרֹועַ רַבִּים׃  
But none says, 'Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
וְלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלֹוהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרֹות בַּלָּיְלָה׃  
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?'
מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמֹות אָרֶץ וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵנוּ׃  
There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאֹון רָעִים׃  
Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.
אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶנָּה׃  
How much less when you say that you do not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
אַף כִּי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחֹולֵל לֹו׃ 
And now, because his anger does not punish,
and he does not greatly heed transgression,
וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפֹּו וְלֹא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹד׃  
Job opens his mouth in empty talk,
he multiplies words without knowledge."
וְאִיֹּוב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר׃ ף  
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Notes: Documentary sources have been extracted from (1) "An Introduction to the Old Testament " by Oesterley & Robinson (1955 ed.), & (2) "Who Wrote the Bible" © Richard Friedman, 1987, Jonathan Cape Ltd.
© Paul Ingram 2006.
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