Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —

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

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast 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 thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

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

I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

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

Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they 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 sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

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

If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

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

Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

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, [men] make outcry, 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, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

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

There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.

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

Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.

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

How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

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

But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

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

Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.