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1又說：And Elihu went on to say:
2你以為有理，或以為你的公義勝於 神的公義，“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3才說這與我有甚麼益處？我不犯罪比犯罪有甚麼好處呢？For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4我要回答你和在你這裡的朋友。I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5你要向天觀看，瞻望那高於你的。Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6你若犯罪，能使 神受何害呢？你的過犯加增，能使 神受何損呢？If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7你若是公義，還能加增他甚麼呢？他從你手裡還接受甚麼呢？If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8你的過惡或能害你這類的人；你的公義或能叫世人得益處。Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9人因多受欺壓就哀求，因受能者的轄制（原文是膀臂）便求救，Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10卻無人說：造我的 神在哪裡？他使人夜間歌唱，But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11教訓我們勝於地上的走獸，使我們有聰明勝於空中的飛鳥。who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12他們在那裡，因惡人的驕傲呼求，卻無人答應。There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13虛妄的呼求， 神必不垂聽；也必不眷顧。Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14何況你說，你不得見他；你的案件在他面前，你等候他吧。How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15但如今因他未曾發怒降罰，也不甚理會，and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16所以約伯開口說虛妄的話，多發無知識的言語。So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”