Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:

Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',

Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

3 That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

4 I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.

I will answer you, and your companions with you.

5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?

If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you unto him?

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?

If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand?

8 Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out 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 says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

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

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

14 Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.

Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him.

15 And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?

But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity:

16 But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.