Job 35

¹Then Elihu also said this:

²“Job, do you think that what you said is right/correct?

³and you say to God, ‘What good have I received for not sinning?

⁴Well, I will answer you,

⁵“Job, look up at the sky;

⁶If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all.

⁷And if you are righteous, does that help God?

⁸It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do,

⁹“People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to ◄oppress them/treat them cruelly►;

¹⁰But ◄no one/none of them► calls out to God,

¹¹He should be able to teach us more than all the wild animals do;

¹²People cry out for help,

¹³It is useless for them to cry out,

¹⁴So, when you complain that you cannot see God,

¹⁵Furthermore, you say that because he does not pay attention when people commit sins,

¹⁶You say things that are useless;