Job 35

1Moreover Elihu answered and said,

1Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,

2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more thanGod's?

3That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

3For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

4I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.

4I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

5Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

5Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

6If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

7If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

8Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

8Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.

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

9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:

10But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

10But none saith, Where isGod my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

12There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

12There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.

13Surely God will not hear an emptycry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

13SurelyGod will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

14Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

15But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;

15But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.

16For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.