Job 35

1 Then commenced Elihu, and said,

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God's?”

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

3 For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”

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

4 I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.

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

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

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

6 If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

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

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

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

8 A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.

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

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.

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

10 But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even 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 fowls of the heavens?

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

12 There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.

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

13 Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.

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

14 Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.

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

15 But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?

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

16 But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.

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