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\c 34
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\v 1 Then Elihu continued by saying this:
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\q1
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\v 2 "You men who think that you are very wise, listen to me;
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\q2 listen to what I am saying, you men who say that you know so much.
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\q1
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\v 3 When we hear people talk,
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\q2 we think carefully about what they say to know what is good and what is bad,
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\q2 as we taste food to know what is good to eat.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 We must decide who is saying what is right,
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\q2 and we must find out together for ourselves what is good.
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\q1
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\v 5 Job has said, 'I am innocent,
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\q2 but God has refused to judge me fairly.
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\q1
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\v 6 Even though I have always done what is right,
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\q2 he is lying about me.
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\q1 Even though I have not done what is wrong,
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\q2 he has caused me to suffer, and I will certainly die because of this.'
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 Is there any person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water?
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\q1
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\v 8 He habitually associates with people who do what is evil
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\q2 and spends time with wicked people.
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\q1
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\v 9 He certainly does these things, because he has said, 'It is useless for people to try to please God.'
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\b
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\q1
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\v 10 So, you men who claim that you understand everything, listen to me!
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\q1 Almighty God would never consider doing anything that is wicked or wrong!
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\q1
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\v 11 He pays back people for what they have done;
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\q2 he gives them what they deserve for the way that they have conducted their lives.
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\v 12 Truly, Almighty God never does what is wicked;
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\q2 he never calls wrongdoing right.
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\q1
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\v 13 No one gave him the authority to rule everything on the earth;
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\q2 no one put him in control of the whole world.
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\q2 He has always had that authority.
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\q1
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\v 14 If he ever thought only about himself and not about us also, and if he ever stopped making us live,
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\v 15 everyone would die immediately,
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\q2 and their corpses would soon become soil again.
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\v 16 So, Job, if you say that you understand everything,
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\q2 listen to what I am saying.
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\v 17 God could certainly never hate was is right and still rule the world.
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\q2 So you really cannot criticize God, who is righteous and powerful, and you cannot say that what he has done is wrong, can you?
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\q1
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\v 18 He tells some kings that they are worthless,
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\q2 and he says to some officials that they are wicked.
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\q1
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\v 19 He does not favor rulers more than he favors others;
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\q2 he does not favor rich people more than poor people
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\q2 because he created all of them.
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\q1
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\v 20 They often die suddenly;
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\q2 he strikes them at midnight and they die;
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\q2 he gets rid of important people without the help of any humans.
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\b
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\v 21 He sees everything that people do;
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\q2 when we walk, he watches every step that we take.
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\v 22 There is no gloom or darkness
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\q2 in which wicked people can hide from God.
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\v 23 God does not need to set a time
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\q2 when we will stand in front of him in order that he may judge us.
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\q2 He already knows everything about us.
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\v 24 He destroys important people without needing to investigate what they have done,
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\q2 and he appoints others to take their places.
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\v 25 Because he already knows what they have done,
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\q2 he removes them at night and gets rid of them.
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\v 26 He strikes them because of the wicked things that they have done;
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\q2 many people see him do it.
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\v 27 He strikes them down because they turned away from doing what he wanted them to do
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\q2 and did not pay attention to any of his commands.
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\v 28 They mistreated poor people;
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\q2 those poor people cried out to God for help,
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\q2 and he heard them.
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\v 29 Yet even if God decides to do nothing to punish wicked people,
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\q2 no one can criticize him.
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\q1 God controls all nations and all people.
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\v 30 He does this so that those who rule over us may honor him,
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\q2 so that our rulers do not oppress us.
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\b
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\v 31 Job, have you or anyone else ever said to God, 'I have certainly committed sin,
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\q2 but I will not sin anymore;
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\v 32 so teach me what sins I have committed;
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\q1 if I have done anything that is evil,
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\q2 I will not do it anymore'?
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\v 33 Job, you object to what God has done to you,
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\q2 but do you think that he will do what you want him to do?
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\q1 It is you who must choose what you should say to God, not I;
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\q2 tell me what you are thinking about this.
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\b
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\v 34 People who have good sense, those who are wise and who listen to what I say,
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\q2 will say to me,
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\v 35 'Job is speaking ignorantly;
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\q2 what he says is nonsense.'
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\q1
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\v 36 To you friends of Job, I say this: I think that a court should thoroughly try Job,
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\q2 because he answers us, his friends, as wicked men would answer.
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\q1
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\v 37 To add to the other sins that he has committed, he is rebelling against God;
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\q2 he shows us that he does not honor God;
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\q2 he makes long speeches saying that God has punished him unjustly."
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