Job 35

1 And Elihu answers and says:

After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:

2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?

Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”

3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”

4 I return words, and your friends with you,

And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.

5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.

Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?

If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?

7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?

8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.

Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.

9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.

10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,

Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,

11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.

who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”

12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.

There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.

13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.

Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.

14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.

And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.

15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.

For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.

16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”

Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.