Job 35

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,

1Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

7And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall 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 hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the 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 oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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