Job 35

35Elihu ^aspake moreover, and said, ²Thinkest thou this to be right,

That thou saidst, ^bMy righteousness is more than God’s?

³For thou saidst, ^cWhat advantage will it be unto thee?

And, ^dWhat profit shall I have, ^||if I be cleansed from my sin?

^4†I will answer thee,

And ^ethy companions with thee.

^5fLook unto the heavens, and see;

And behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

⁶If thou sinnest, ^gwhat doest thou against him?

Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

^7hIf thou be righteous, what givest thou him?

Or what receiveth he of thine hand?

⁸Thy wickedness may hurt ⁱa man as thou art;

And thy righteousness may profit ⁱthe son of man.

⁹By reason of the multitude of ^koppressions they ^lmake the oppressed to cry:

They ^lcry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

¹⁰But none saith, Where is God ^mmy maker,

ⁿWho giveth songs ^oin the night;

¹¹Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,

And maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

¹²There they cry, ^pbut none giveth answer,

Because of the pride of evil men.

¹³Surely God will not hear vanity,

Neither will the Almighty ^qregard it.

¹⁴Although thou sayest ^rthou shalt not see him,

Yet judgment is before him; therefore ^strust thou in him.

¹⁵But now, because it is not so, ^||he hath ^tvisited in his anger;

Yet ^||he knoweth it not in great extremity:

¹⁶Therefore doth Job ^uopen his mouth ^xin vain;

He ^ymultiplieth words ^zwithout knowledge.