Job 35

1Moreover Elihu answered and said,

1And Elihu made answer and said,

1And Elihu answereth and saith: --

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

2Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

2This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said--`My righteousness <FI>is<Fi> more than God's?'

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

3What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

3For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

4I will make answer to you and to your friends:

4I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

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

5Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

5Behold attentively the heavens--and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

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

6If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

6If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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

7If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

7If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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

8Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

8For a man like thyself <FI>is<Fi> thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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

9Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

9Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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

10But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

10And none said, `Where <FI>is<Fi> God my maker? Giving 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 gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

11Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

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

12There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

12There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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

13But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

13Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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

14How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

14Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment <FI>is<Fi> before Him, and stay for Him.

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

15And now ... ;

15And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

16And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

16And Job <FI>with<Fi> vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.