American Standard Version of 1901
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Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Thinkest thou this to be thy right,Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee?And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
I will answer thee,And thy companions with thee.
Look unto the heavens, and see;And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him?And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him?Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art;And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
It is all one; therefore I say,He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
If I be wicked, woe unto me;And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head;Being filled with ignominy,And looking upon mine affliction.
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked {Or, in mourning apparel}mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Behold, God is great, and we know him not;The number of his years is unsearchable.
Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
according to the {Or, good tidings. See Matthew 4:23 margin}gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.