איוב 35

1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Moreover Elihu answered,

2 הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

3 כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכׇּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃

That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

4 אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

I will answer you, and your companions with you.

5 הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

6 אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעׇל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃

If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

7 אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִּיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

8 לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

9 מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

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

10 וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

11 מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

12 שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃

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

13 אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will Shaddai regard it.

14 אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃

How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him.

15 וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

16 וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."