Job 35
1Moreover Elihu continued, saying, 1
2“Do you think this is just 1 when you say, 'My right before God'? 1
3For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' 1 and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?' 1
4I will answer you, 1 both you and your friends. 1
5Look up at the sky, and see it; 1 see the sky, which is higher than you. 1
6If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? 1 If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him? 1
7If you are righteous, what can you give to him? 1 What will he receive from your hand? 1
8Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, 1 and your righteousness might benefit another son of man. 1
9Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; 1 they call for help from the arms of mighty men. 1
10But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, 1 who gives songs in the night, 1
11who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, 1 and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?' 1
12There they cry out, but God gives no answer 1 because of the pride of evil men. 1
13God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; 1 the Almighty will pay no attention to it. 1
14How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, 1 that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him! 1
15Now you say that his anger does not punish, 1 and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression. 1
16So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; 1 he piles up words without knowledge.”