Elihu spake
moreover, and said
,
Thinkest thou this to be right
, that thou saidst
, My righteousness
is more than God's
?
For thou saidst, What advantage
will it be unto thee? and , What profit
shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin
?
I will answer thee, and thy companions
with thee.
Look unto the heavens
, and see
; and behold
the clouds
which are higher
than thou.
If thou sinnest, what doest
thou against him? or if thy transgressions
be multiplied
, what doest
thou unto him?
If thou be righteous, what givest
thou him? or what receiveth
he of thine hand
?
Thy wickedness may hurt a man
as thou art ; and thy righteousness
may profit the son
of man
.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions
they make the oppressed to cry
: they cry out
by reason of the arm
of the mighty
.
But none saith, Where is God
my maker
, who giveth
songs
in the night
;
Who teacheth us more than the beasts
of the earth
, and maketh us wiser
than the fowls
of heaven
?
There they cry, but none giveth answer
, because
of the pride
of evil men
.
Surely God will not hear
vanity
, neither will the Almighty
regard
it.
Although thou sayest
thou shalt not see
him, yet judgment
is before
him; therefore trust
thou in him.
But now, because it is not so , he hath visited in his anger
; yet he knoweth
it not in great
extremity
:
Therefore doth Job open
his mouth
in vain
; he multiplieth
words
without
knowledge
.