Rotherham - Job - 35

35:1  Moreover Elihu, responded and said:—

35:2  This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.

35:3  For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

35:4  I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

35:5  Look at the heavens and see,—and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.

35:6  If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

35:7  If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

35:8  Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.

35:9  By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, They cry for help, by reason of the arm of the mighty;

35:10  But none saith—Where is GOD my maker, Who giveth songs in the night;

35:11  Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

35:12  There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.

35:13  Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.

35:14  How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.

35:15  But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

35:16  Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.