Job 35

1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —

Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — '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 sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

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

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

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

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds 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 sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to 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 givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?

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

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the 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 make the oppressed to cry: they cry out 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.

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore 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 now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

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

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