Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

2 This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.

What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?

3 For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

4 I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

6 If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

7 If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

8 Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

10 But none saith—Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth songs in the night;

But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

12 There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.

14 How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

15 But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

16 Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.

so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.