Job 35 – NIV & BPH

New International Version

Job 35:1-16

1Then Elihu said:

2“Do you think this is just?

You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’

3Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,35:3 Or you

and what do I gain by not sinning?’

4“I would like to reply to you

and to your friends with you.

5Look up at the heavens and see;

gaze at the clouds so high above you.

6If you sin, how does that affect him?

If your sins are many, what does that do to him?

7If you are righteous, what do you give to him,

or what does he receive from your hand?

8Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,

and your righteousness only other people.

9“People cry out under a load of oppression;

they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.

10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

who gives songs in the night,

11who teaches us more than he teaches35:10,11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by the beasts of the earth

and makes us wiser than35:11 Or us wise by the birds in the sky?’

12He does not answer when people cry out

because of the arrogance of the wicked.

13Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;

the Almighty pays no attention to it.

14How 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,

15and further, that his anger never punishes

and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.35:15 Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

16So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;

without knowledge he multiplies words.”

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Jobs Bog 35:1-16

Gud svarer ikke de hovmodige

1Elihu fortsatte:

2„Job, er det rigtigt af dig at sige,

at du har ret, og at Gud har uret?

3Du spørger: ‚Hvad gavner det at leve retskaffent,

hvis man alligevel skal lide?

Hvorfor skal jeg straffes som en anden synder?’

4Hør efter, så skal jeg give dig mit svar,

og dine venner må også gerne lytte med.

5Se på himlen højt over dit hoved,

på skyerne, som overgår din forstand.

6Selv om du synder nok så mange gange,

mon der går skår af Guds almagt for det?

7Tror du, det er Gud, du gør en tjeneste

ved at leve et retskaffent liv?

8Nej, når du synder, går det ud over dig selv,

og når du gør noget godt, gavner det andre.

9Folk himler op om voldshandlinger,

råber om hjælp, når tyranner undertrykker dem.

10Men ingen siger: ‚Hvor er Gud vores Skaber,

han som får lovsang til at lyde i natten,

11som har gjort os klogere end dyrene

og visere end fuglene?’

12Og hvis folk endelig råber til Gud om hjælp,

svarer han dem ikke på grund af deres hovmod,

13for Gud lytter ikke til de indbildskes ord,

den Almægtige ænser dem ikke.

14Forvent ikke, at Gud svarer,

når du påstår, at han ikke er der,

eller hvis du siger, at du har forelagt ham sagen,

og nu er det hans tur til at komme med et udspil.

15Forvent heller ikke svar,

når du påstår, at han ikke straffer de skyldige,

og at han er ligeglad med ondskaben i verden.

16Job, det er grunden til, at Gud ikke svarer dig.

Du bruger masser af ord, men mangler indsigt.”