Top Verses Profile for Job 35:14  

2 "Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right, not God.'" 3 Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?' 4 "I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you." 5 Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you. 6 If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand? 8 Your wickedness only affects human beings like yourself, and your righteousness only members of the human race. 9 "People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful." 10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night 11 Who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?' 12 He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked. 13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it. 14 How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him 15 And further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness. 16 "So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words." (NIV)

2 Do you think this is your right, or are you saying, My righteousness is more than God's 3 That you ask, What advantage have you? How am I profited more than if I had sinned? 4 I will answer you and your companions with you. 5 Look to the heavens and see; and behold the skies which are higher than you. 6 If you have sinned, how does that affect God? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you [by that] give God? Or what does He receive from your hand? 8 Your wickedness touches and affects a man such as you are, and your righteousness is for yourself, one of the human race [but it cannot touch God, Who is above such influence]. 9 Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out; they cry for help because of the violence of the mighty. 10 But no one says, Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs of rejoicing in the night, [Acts 16:25.] 11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens? 12 [The people] cry out because of the pride of evil men, but He does not answer. 13 Surely God will refuse to answer [the cry which is] vanity (vain and empty--instead of abiding trust); neither will the Almighty regard it-- 14 How much less when [missing His righteous judgment on earth] you say that you do not see Him, that your cause is before Him, and you are waiting for Him! 15 But now because God has not [speedily] punished in His anger and seems to be unaware of the wrong and oppression [of which a person is guilty] 16 Job uselessly opens his mouth and multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked]. (AMP)

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. (KJV)