Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

Elihu spake moreouer, and said,

2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?

3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?

4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

Therefore will I answere thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.

6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?

7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

If thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth he at thine hand?

8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.

9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.

10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?

11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heauen.

12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not.

13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.

14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.

15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

But nowe because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the euill with great extremitie,

16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.