< Job 35 >
1 Elihu spake moreouer, and said,
And Elihu went on to say:
2 Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 Therefore will I answere thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 If thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth he at thine hand?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heauen.
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not.
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 But nowe because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the euill with great extremitie,
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”