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Job 35:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you. "
Job 35:5
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3 that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5 Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
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Job 35:1
"Moreover Elihu answered,"
Job 35:2
"“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’"
Job 35:3
"that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’"
Job 35:4
"I will answer you, and your companions with you."
Job 35:6
"If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?"
Job 35:7
"If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?"
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