35:1 Then Elihu said:
35:2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I will be cleared by God.’
35:3 Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?’
35:4 “I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
35:5 Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
35:6 If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?
35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?
35:8 Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only the sons of men.
35:9 “Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
35:10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
35:11 who teaches more to us than to the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
35:12 He does not answer when men cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.
35:13 Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it.
35:14 How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,
35:15 and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.
35:16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
35:1 Then Elihu continued and said,
35:2 Do you consider this to be just? / Do you say, My righteousness is more than God’s,
35:3 So that you say, What advantage is there to me, / What do I profit, more than if I had sinned?
35:4 I will respond to you with words, / And to your companions with you.
35:5 Look unto heaven and see; / And behold the skies: They are higher than you.
35:6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? / And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?
35:7 If you are righteous, what can you give to Him, / Or what does He receive from your hand?
35:8 Your wickedness affects a man like you, / And your righteousness, a son of man.
35:9 Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; / They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
35:10 But no one says, Where is God my Maker, / Who gives songs in the night,
35:11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth / And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?
35:12 There they cry, but He does not answer, / Because of the pride of evil men.
35:13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry, / And the Almighty does not regard it.
35:14 How much less when you say that you do not behold Him, / That the cause is before Him and you are waiting on Him!
35:15 But now, because He has not visited in His anger / Nor regarded such great arrogance,
35:16 Job opens his mouth in vanity; / He multiplies words without knowledge.