Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

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

Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst 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 thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

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

Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

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

Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

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

If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

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

And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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

Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.

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

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

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

And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

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

There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

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

God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

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

Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

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

For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

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

Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.