| Chapter 35 |
1 | Moreover Elihu answered, |
2 | 'Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,' |
3 | That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?' |
4 | I will answer you, And your companions with you. |
5 | Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you. |
6 | If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? |
7 | If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand? |
8 | Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit 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. |
10 | 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?' |
12 | 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. |
14 | How much less when you say you don't see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him! |
15 | But now, because he has not visited in his anger, Neither does he greatly regard arrogance. |
16 | Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge.' |