35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
35:1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:

35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
35:2 "Do you think this is right? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's'?

35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
35:3 For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
35:4 "I will answer you, And your companions with you.

35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
35:5 Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds--They are higher than you.

35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
35:6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

35:8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
35:8 Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.

35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
35:9 "Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.

35:10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
35:10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
35:11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?'

35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
35:12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
35:13 Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.

35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
35:14 Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.

35:15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
35:15 And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,

35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
35:16 Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge."