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Job 35
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Job 35
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Elihu engage Job à rechercher Dieu
35 Elihu reprit et dit:
2 Imagines-tu avoir raison,
Penses-tu te justifier devant Dieu,
3 Quand tu dis: Que me sert-il,
Que me revient-il de ne pas pécher?
4 C’est à toi que je vais répondre,
Et à tes amis en même temps.
5 Considère les cieux, et regarde!
Vois les nuées, comme elles sont au-dessus de toi!
6 Si tu pèches, quel tort lui causes-tu?
Et quand tes péchés se multiplient, que lui fais-tu?
7 Si tu es juste, que lui donnes-tu?
Que reçoit-il de ta main?
8 Ta méchanceté ne peut nuire qu’à ton semblable,
Ta justice n’est utile qu’au fils de l’homme.
9 On crie contre la multitude des oppresseurs,
On se plaint de la violence d’un grand nombre;
10 Mais nul ne dit: Où est Dieu, mon créateur,
Qui inspire des chants d’allégresse pendant la nuit,
11 Qui nous instruit plus que les bêtes de la terre,
Et nous donne l’intelligence plus qu’aux oiseaux du ciel?
12 On a beau crier alors, Dieu ne répond pas,
A cause de l’orgueil des méchants.
13 C’est en vain que l’on crie,
Dieu n’écoute pas,
Le Tout-Puissant n’y a point égard.
14 Bien que tu dises que tu ne le vois pas,
Ta cause est devant lui: attends-le!
15 Mais, parce que sa colère ne sévit point encore,
Ce n’est pas à dire qu’il ait peu souci du crime.
16 Ainsi Job ouvre vainement la bouche,
Il multiplie les paroles sans intelligence.
Job 35
New International Version
Job 35
New International Version
35 Then Elihu said:
2 “Do you think this is just?
You say, ‘I am in the right,(A) not God.’(B)
3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
and what do I gain by not sinning?’(C)
4 “I would like to reply to you
and to your friends with you.
5 Look up at the heavens(D) and see;
gaze at the clouds so high above you.(E)
6 If you sin, how does that affect him?
If your sins are many, what does that do to him?(F)
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,(G)
or what does he receive(H) from your hand?(I)
8 Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,(J)
and your righteousness only other people.(K)
9 “People cry out(L) under a load of oppression;(M)
they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(N)
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,(O)
who gives songs(P) in the night,(Q)
11 who teaches(R) us(S) more than he teaches[b] the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than[c] the birds in the sky?’
12 He does not answer(T) when people cry out
because of the arrogance(U) of the wicked.(V)
13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;
the Almighty pays no attention to it.(W)
14 How much less, then, will he listen
when you say that you do not see him,(X)
that your case(Y) is before him
and you must wait for him,(Z)
15 and further, that his anger never punishes(AA)
and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[d](AB)
16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;(AC)
without knowledge he multiplies words.”(AD)
Job 35
English Standard Version
Job 35
English Standard Version
Elihu Condemns Job
35 And Elihu answered and said:
2 “Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, (A)‘It is my right before God,’
3 that you ask, (B)‘What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
4 I will answer you
and (C)your friends with you.
5 (D)Look at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
6 If you have sinned, (E)what do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7 (F)If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness (G)a son of man.
9 “Because of the multitude of (H)oppressions people (I)cry out;
they call for help because of the arm of (J)the mighty.[a]
10 But none says, ‘Where is God my (K)Maker,
who gives (L)songs in the night,
11 who teaches us (M)more than the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12 There they (N)cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.
14 How much less when you say that you (O)do not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are (P)waiting for him!
15 And now, because (Q)his anger does not punish,
and he does not take much note of transgression,[b]
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
he (R)multiplies words (S)without knowledge.”
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