Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:
2 “Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, “I am more righteous than God.”
3 For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?”
4 I will answer you, both you and your friends.
I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
5 Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is 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 harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, 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 are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.
9 Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account of the arm of the mighty.
10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
But none saith, “Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
11 who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of heaven?”
12 There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.
13 God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;
14 How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him, —only wait thou for him!
15 Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,
16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
Therefore hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.
