35:1 And Eli'hu said:
35:1 Elihu continued and said:

35:2 "Do you think this to be just? Do you say, `It is my right before God,'
35:2 "Do you think this to be just? You say, 'I am in the right before God.'

35:3 that you ask, `What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
35:3 If you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'

35:4 I will answer you and your friends with you.
35:4 I will answer you and your friends with you.

35:5 Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
35:5 Look at the heavens and see; observe the clouds, which are higher than you.

35:6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
35:6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand?
35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him; or what does he receive from your hand?

35:8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.
35:8 Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.

35:9 "Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
35:9 "Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.

35:10 But none says, `Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
35:10 But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives strength in the night,

35:11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?'
35:11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?'

35:12 There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
35:12 There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

35:13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
35:13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.

35:14 How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
35:14 How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

35:15 And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,
35:15 And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,

35:16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge."
35:16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk, he multiplies words without knowledge."