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Because he says, ‘There’s no profit
    for a man to find joy with God.’”[a]

God is Just

10 “Therefore you men of understanding,[b] listen to me!
    Far be it for God to practice wickedness,
        or the Almighty to do what is wrong,
11 because he repays a person for his behavior;
    and according to a person’s[c] conduct,
        he lets it happen to[d] him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 34:9 Cf. Mal 3:14
  2. Job 34:10 Lit. heart
  3. Job 34:11 Lit. man
  4. Job 34:11 Lit. it find

For he says, ‘There is no profit
    in trying to please God.’(A)

10 “So listen to me,(B) you men of understanding.(C)
    Far be it from God to do evil,(D)
    from the Almighty to do wrong.(E)
11 He repays everyone for what they have done;(F)
    he brings on them what their conduct deserves.(G)

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