Job 35

1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?

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

7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they 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 fowls of heaven?

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

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

There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.