Job 35

1Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

1Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

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

3For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

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

4Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

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

5Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

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

6If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

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

7And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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

8Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.

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

9By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

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

10And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

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

12There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

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

13God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

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

14Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

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

15For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

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

16Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

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