Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, “I am more righteous than God.”
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
3 For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?”
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
4 I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Look up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou to him?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
9 The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account 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 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 birds of heaven?”
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him, —only wait thou for him!
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 Therefore hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
