1. Then Elihu continued and said,
2.
“Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
3.
-“For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4.
-“I will answer you, And your friends with you.
5.
-“Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds--they are higher than you.
6.
-“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7.
-“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
8.
-“Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.
9.
“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10.
-“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
JOB (10:35)
11.
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12.
-“There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
13.
-“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
14.
-“How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15.
-“And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
16.
So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.”
1. Then Elihu continued and said,
2.
“Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
3.
-“For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4.
-“I will answer you, And your friends with you.
5.
-“Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds--they are higher than you.
6.
-“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7.
-“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
8.
-“Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man.
9.
“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10.
-“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
JOB (10:35)
11.
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12.
-“There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men.
13.
-“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
14.
-“How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15.
-“And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
16.
So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.”
