1   
Elihu spake moreouer, and said,

2   
Thinkest thou this to bee right, that thou saydest, My righteousnesse is more then Gods?

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For thou saydst, what aduantage will it bee vnto thee, and, what profite

The causes of Gods punishments. shall I haue, ^note if I bee cleansed from my sinne?

4   
^noteI will answere thee, and thy companions with thee.

5   
Looke vnto the heauens and see, and behold the clouds which are higher then thou.

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If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or it thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou vnto him?

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^noteIf thou be righteous, what giuest thou him? or what receiueth hee of thine hand?

8   
Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousnesse may profit the sonne of man.

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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to crie: they crie out by reason of the arme of the mightie.

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But none saith, where is God my maker, who giueth songs in the night?

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Who teacheth vs more then the beasts of the earth, and maketh vs wiser then the foules of heauen.

12   
There they crie, (but none giueth answere) because of the pride of euill men.

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^noteSurely God wil not heare vanitie, neither wil the Almightie regard it.

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Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet iudgement is before him, therefore trust thou in him.

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But now because it is not so, ^note hee hath visited in his anger, yet ^note he knoweth it not in great extremitie:

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Therefore doeth Iob open his mouth in vaine: he multiplieth words without knowledge. 472

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