Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu answered,

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

2 “Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?

3 that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

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

4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?

7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is 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.

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

12 There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.

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

13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.

14 How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

16 therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.