Job 35

1 Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

2 This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'

3 For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

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

4 I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

5 Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.

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

6 If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

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

7 If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

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

8 Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;

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

10 But none saith—Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth songs in the night;

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

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

12 There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.

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

13 Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.

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

14 How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

15 But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

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

16 Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.