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Job 35

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVElihu spake moreover, and said,
    WEBMoreover Elihu answered,
  2. 2
    KJVThinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
    WEB“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
  3. 3
    KJVFor thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
    WEBthat you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
  4. 4
    KJVI will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
    WEBI will answer you, and your companions with you.
  5. 5
    KJVLook unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
    WEBLook to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
  6. 6
    KJVIf thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
    WEBIf you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
  7. 7
    KJVIf thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
    WEBIf you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
  8. 8
    KJVThy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
    WEBYour wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
  9. 9
    KJVBy reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
    WEB“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
  10. 10
    KJVBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
    WEBBut no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
  11. 11
    KJVWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
    WEBwho teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
  12. 12
    KJVThere they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
    WEBThere they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
  13. 13
    KJVSurely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
    WEBSurely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
  14. 14
    KJVAlthough thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
    WEBHow much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
  15. 15
    KJVBut now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
    WEBBut now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
  16. 16
    KJVTherefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
    WEBtherefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
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