Job 35

1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

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

3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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