Job 35
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1Moreover Elihu answered and said:
1Moreover Elihu answered,
2Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',
2“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
3That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
3that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
4I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
5Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
6If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
6If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?
7If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
8Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.
8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?'
11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
12There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
13Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
15And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
15But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
16But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
16therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
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