Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

And Elihu answers and says:

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

“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?

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

For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

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

I return words, and your friends with you,

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

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

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

If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?

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

If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

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

For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.

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

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

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

And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving 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.'

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.

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

There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.

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

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

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

Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.

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

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

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

And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”