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? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}● 4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. {answer...: Heb. return to thee words}● 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: {he hath: that is, God hath} {he knoweth: that is, Job knoweth}● 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.●