Job 35

1 And Elihu answers and says:

Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:

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

Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, “I am more righteous than God.”

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

For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?”

4 I return words, and your friends with you,

I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.

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

Look up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!

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

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

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

If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?

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

Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.

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

The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account of the arm of the mighty.

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

But none saith, “Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of heaven?”

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

There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.

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

For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;

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

Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him, —only wait thou for him!

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

But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,

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

Therefore hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.