Job 35 — Legacy Standard Bible

Elihu Answers Job

35Then Elihu answered and said,

²“Do you think this is according to ^ajustice?Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?³“For you say, ‘^aWhat use will it be to ¹You?^bWhat profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’⁴“I will respond to you,And your friends with you.⁵“^aLook at the heavens and see;And perceive ^bthe clouds—they are higher than you.⁶“If you have sinned, ^awhat do you accomplish against Him?And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?⁷“If you are righteous, ^awhat 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 ^amany oppressions they cry out;They cry for help because of the arm ^bof many oppressors.¹⁰“But ^ano one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,Who ^bgives songs of praise in the night,¹¹Who ^ateaches us more than the beasts of the earthAnd makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’¹²“There ^athey cry out, but He does not answerBecause of the pride of evil men.¹³“Surely ^aGod will not listen to ¹an empty cry,Nor will the Almighty perceive it.¹⁴“How much less when ^ayou say you do not perceive Him,The ^bcase is before Him, and you must wait for Him!¹⁵“And now, because He has not visited in His anger,Nor has He acknowledged ¹transgression well,¹⁶So Job opens his mouth vainly;He multiplies words ^awithout knowledge.”