Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —

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

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.

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

For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

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

I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

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

Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.

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

If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

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

If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

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

Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

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, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;

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

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 fowl of the heavens?

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

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

There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.

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

Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.

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

How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

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

But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

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

Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.