35:1 Then Elihu continued and said,
35:2 “Do you think this is in accordance with justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
35:3 For you say, ‘What advantage will it be to ①You?
What benefit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
▷ ①Or me
35:4 I will answer you,
And your friends with you.
35:5 Look at the heavens and see;
And look at the clouds—they are higher than you.
35:6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your wrongdoings are many, what do you 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 is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for 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 animals of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
35:12 There they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil people.
35:13 God certainly will not listen to ①an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.
▷ ①Or falsehood
35:14 How much less when you say you do not look at Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
35:15 And now, because He has not avenged His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged ①wrongdoing well,
▷ ①Or arrogance
35:16 So Job opens his mouth with empty words;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”