Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
| הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃ |
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
| כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָֽה־אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
| אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
| הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
| אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ |
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
| אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃ |
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
| לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ |
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
| מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ |
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
| וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ |
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
| מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ |
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
| שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃ |
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
| אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
| אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ |
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
| וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃ |
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
| וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃ |
