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Job 35

¹Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

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

³For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

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

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

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

⁷And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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 oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

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

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

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

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

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

Job 35

¹Elihu spake moreover, and said,

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

³For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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

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

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

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

⁸Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit 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.

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

¹¹Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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

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

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

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

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