then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
Parallel translations
- WEB then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
- KJV Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
- NKJV Then He tells them their work and their transgressions— That they have acted defiantly.
- NASB Then He declares to them their work And their wrongdoings, that they have been arrogant.
- NLT he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride.
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Quick answer
In affliction God shows people their deeds and where they have acted proudly. Suffering can reveal hidden sin and pride.
Overview
Elihu explains that one purpose of affliction is to make people see their own conduct and transgressions, especially pride. God uses trials as a mirror to expose what we would otherwise ignore. This redemptive purpose of suffering reflects God's fatherly care to bring His children to repentance, a grace that draws us to the humility found at the cross.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Cor 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Ps 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Lam 3:39–40Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
- Ezek 18:28–31Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Luke 15:17–19Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
- 1 Tim 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
- Ps 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Ps 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Ps 5:10Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
- Deut 4:21–22The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Rom 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- 2 Chr 33:11–13So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- Isa 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
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