Job 35:1
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Job 35:2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than *God's?
Job 35:3
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Job 35:4
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
Job 35:5
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
Job 35:8
Thy wickedness may affect a man as thou art , and thy righteousness a son of man.
Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
Job 35:10
But none saith, Where is +God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
Job 35:12
There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
Job 35:13
Surely *God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Job 35:14
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
Job 35:15
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not Job know his great arrogancy?
Job 35:16
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.