Job 35

1Moreover Elihu answered and said,● 2Thinkest thou this to be `thy' right, `Or' sayest thou, My righteousness is 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?● 4I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.● 5Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.● 6If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?● 7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?● 8Thy wickedness `may hurt' a man as thou art; And thy righteousness `may profit' a son of man.● 9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help 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 birds of the heavens?● 12There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.● 13Surely God will not hear an empty `cry', Neither will the Almighty regard it.● 14How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!● 15But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;● 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.●