Job 35
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Job 35:1-3

11Then Elihu answered:

2“Do you think this to be just: when you say, ‘My right before God.’

3But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’ and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 35:1 This short speech falls into two sections: Elihu refutes Job’s claim that goodness avails nothing (35:2-8), asserting that when the cry of the afflicted goes unanswered they have not learned their lesson (35:9-16). ↩

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