Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

Moreover Elihu answered and said:

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

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',

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

That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

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

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

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

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

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

If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto 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 givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?

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

Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.

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

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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

But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;

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

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'

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

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

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

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

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

Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.

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

And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?

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

But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.