Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”

3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”

4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.

5 Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?

8 Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.

Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:

Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.

10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”

12 There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.

There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.

14 Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.

15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.

16 For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.