Job 35

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,

1Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

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

3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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 clouds which are higher than thou.

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

6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or 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 thine hand?

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

8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit 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 oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out 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 fowls of heaven?

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 vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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

14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

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

15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

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

16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

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