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Elihu Recalls God’s Justice

Job 35:6

In 11 translations

BSB
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
KJV
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
WEB
If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
ASV
If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
LSV
If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, || What do you do to Him?
YLT
If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
DBY
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
DRC
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
GNV
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?
JPS
If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
LXXE
If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do? and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־חָ֭טָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּ֑וֹ וְרַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;

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  • Jeremiah 7:19But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
  • Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
  • Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

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