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”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will answer you</p><p class="poem">and your friends with you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Look at the heavens and see;</p><p class="poem">gaze at the clouds high above you.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If you sin, how does it affect God?</p><p class="poem">If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If you are righteous, what do you give him,</p><p class="poem">or what does he receive from your hand?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,</p><p class="poem">and your righteousness, a son of man.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.35.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>People cry out because of severe oppression;</p><p class="poem">they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">who provides us with songs in the night,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth</p><p class="poem">and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There they cry out, but he does not answer,</p><p class="poem">because of the pride of evil people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,</p><p class="poem">and the Almighty does not take note of it —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>how much less when<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.35.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> you complain<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.35.14.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">that you do not see him,</p><p class="poem">that your case<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is before him</p><p class="poem">and you are waiting<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> for him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But now, because God’s anger does not punish</p><p class="poem">and he does not pay attention to transgression,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.35.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.35.16" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/35-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Job opens his mouth in vain</p><p class="poem">and multiplies words without knowledge.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.35.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.35" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.35.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.3">35:3</a></span> Some emend to <span class="italic">me</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.35.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.8">35:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a mere mortal</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.35.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.14">35:14</a></span> Or <span class="italic">how then can</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.35.14.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.14">35:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">say</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.35.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.15">35:15</a></span> LXX, Vg; MT reads <span class="italic">folly</span>, or <span class="italic">arrogance</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.35" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.35.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.3">35:3</a></span> Jb 9:29; 21:15; 34:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.7">35:7</a></span> Jb 22:3; 41:11; Rm 11:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.9">35:9</a></span> Ex 2:23; Jb 24:12; 34:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.10">35:10</a></span> Dt 32:6; Is 51:13; Jr 2:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.10">35:10</a></span> Ps 42:8; 77:6; Ac 16:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.11">35:11</a></span> Jb 12:7; Mt 6:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.12">35:12</a></span> Pr 1:28; Is 1:15; Zch 7:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.14">35:14</a></span> Jb 13:18; 23:4; 31:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.14">35:14</a></span> Jb 6:8; 13:13; 14:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.35.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.35.16">35:16</a></span> Jb 15:2; 21:22; 34:35</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.35" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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