1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 35:
Job 35 is a chapter in which Eliú continues his speech, arguing that men's actions do not affect God and that it is important to seek God with sincerity and humility. He also talks about divine justice and the importance of trusting God rather than trusting in his own works. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Job 35:
Psalm 22:24: "For he did not despise, nor abhorred the affliction of the distress, nor hid his face; before, when he cried, he heard him." This verse talks about how God does not despise or abandon the afflicted, but hear them when they cry to Him, relating to Eliú's message about the importance of seeking God with sincerity.
Psalm 145:17: "Just is the Lord in all his ways, and holy in all his works." This verse talks about the righteousness of God and his holiness in all works, which relates to Eliú's discourse on divine justice.
Proverbs 3:34: "Certainly he shall mock the mockery, but he will give grace to the meek." This verse talks about how God rewards the humble and meek, in opposition to the scope, which relates to Eliú's message about the importance of seeking God with humility.
Ecclesiastes 3:14: "I know that all that God does will last forever; nothing must be added to Him, and nothing must be taken from Him; and it does God to fear before Him." This verse talks about how all God does is eternal and cannot be changed, which relates to Eliú's message about the importance of trusting God rather than trusting in his own works.
Isaiah 40:31: "But those who wait in the Lord shall renew their strength and rise with wings as eagles; they shall run and will not tire; they will walk and not stick." This verse talks about how those who expect in the Lord will be renewed and will not tire, relating to Eliú's message about the importance of trusting God and not in their own strength.
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