Job 35:1

And Elihu answereth and saith: --

Job 35:2

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said--`My righteousness is more than God's?'

Job 35:3

For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

Job 35:4

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

Job 35:5

Behold attentively the heavens--and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Job 35:6

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

Job 35:7

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

Job 35:8

For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

Job 35:9

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

Job 35:10

And none said, `Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

Job 35:11

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

Job 35:12

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

Job 35:13

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

Job 35:14

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.

Job 35:15

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

Job 35:16

And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

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