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Job 35 (CEV)

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¹ Elihu said: ² Job, are you really innocent in the sight of God? ³ Don't you honestly believe it pays to obey him? ⁴ I will give the answers to you and your friends. ⁵ Look up to the heavens ⁶ and think! Do your sins hurt God? ⁷ Is any good you may have done at all helpful to him? ⁸ The evil or good you do only affects other humans. ⁹ In times of trouble, everyone begs the mighty God to have mercy. ¹⁰ But after their Creator helps them through hard times, they forget about him, ¹¹ though he makes us wiser than animals or birds. ¹² God won't listen to the prayers of proud and evil people. ¹³ If God All-Powerful refuses to answer their empty prayers, ¹⁴ he will surely deny your impatient request to face him in court. ¹⁵ Job, you were wrong to say God doesn't punish sin. ¹⁶ Everything you have said adds up to nonsense.