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Job 35
Louis Segond
Job 35
Louis Segond
35 Élihu 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
La Bible du Semeur
Job 35
La Bible du Semeur
Job tient des propos insensés
35 Elihou reprit la parole et dit :
2 Penses-tu être dans ton droit ╵quand tu affirmes :
« Oui, je suis plus juste que Dieu[a] ! » ?
3 Et tu ajoutes : ╵« A quoi me sert-il donc ╵d’éviter le péché ? »
et : « Quel profit ╵Dieu peut-il en tirer ? »
4 Moi, je te répondrai
ainsi qu’à tes amis.
5 Vois le ciel et regarde,
contemple les nuages : ╵combien ils te dominent !
6 Or, si tu agis mal, ╵en quoi nuis-tu à Dieu ?
Multiplie tes révoltes, ╵quel tort lui causes-tu ?
7 Si tu es juste, ╵que lui apportes-tu ?
Que reçoit-il de toi ?
8 Car ta méchanceté ╵n’atteint que tes semblables,
de même ta justice ╵n’est utile qu’aux hommes.
9 Le poids de l’oppression ╵fait crier les victimes,
contre la violence des puissants, ╵on appelle au secours.
10 Mais nul ne songe à dire : ╵« Où est Dieu qui m’a fait ?
Lui qui, en pleine nuit, ╵donne des chants joyeux,
11 lui qui nous instruit mieux ╵que les bêtes des champs
et qui nous rend plus sages ╵que les oiseaux du ciel ? »
12 Alors on crie, ╵mais Dieu ne répond pas,
à cause de l’orgueil ╵de ceux qui font le mal.
13 Oui, c’est en vain qu’ils crient ╵car Dieu n’exauce pas[b] :
le Tout-Puissant ╵n’y fait pas attention.
14 Cependant, bien que tu prétendes ╵que tu ne le vois pas,
ta cause est devant lui ╵tu peux compter sur lui.
15 Parce que sa colère ╵n’intervient pas encore
et qu’il ne semble guère ╵faire cas des pires révoltes[c],
16 Job a la bouche pleine ╵de paroles en l’air
et multiplie les discours insensés.
Job 35
Expanded Bible
Job 35
Expanded Bible
35 Then Elihu answered:
2 “Do you think this is ·fair [just]?
You say, ‘·God will show that I am right [or I am more right than God],’
3 but you also ask, ‘What’s the use?
·I don’t gain [L How have I gained…?] anything by not sinning.’
4 “I will answer you
and your friends who are with you.
5 Look up at the ·sky [L heavens and see]
and observe the clouds so high above you.
6 If you sin, it does nothing to ·God [L him];
even if your ·sins [transgressions] are many, they do nothing to him.
7 If you are ·good [right; righteous], ·you give nothing [L what would you give…?] to God;
·he receives nothing [L what would he receive…?] from your hand.
8 Your ·evil ways [wickedness] only ·hurt [or influence] others like yourself,
and ·the good you do [your righteousness] only ·helps [or influences] other human beings.
9 “·People [L They] cry out ·when they are in trouble [due to their many oppressions];
they ·beg for relief [shout for help] ·from powerful people [L because of the arm of the strong].
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is God, my Maker,
who gives us ·songs [or strength] in the night,
11 who ·makes us smarter [or teaches us more] than the animals of the earth
and wiser than the birds of the ·air [heavens]?’
12 He does not answer evil people when they cry out,
because the wicked are proud.
13 God does not listen to their useless begging;
the Almighty pays no attention to them.
14 ·He will listen to you even [L How much] less
when you say that you do not see him,
that your case is before him,
that you must wait for him,
15 that his anger never punishes,
and that he doesn’t notice evil.
16 So Job is only speaking ·nonsense [meaningless things],
saying many words ·without knowing what is true [ignorantly].”
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
King James Version
Job 35
King James Version
35 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Louis Segond (LSG)
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