| 35:1 | Elihu Condemns Self-RighteousnessMan Is Not Good Moreover Elihu answered and said: |
| 35:2 | Do you think this is right? Do you say, My righteousness is more than God's'? |
| 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 you, And your companions with you. |
| 35:5 | Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- They are higher than you. |
| 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 you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? |
| 35:8 | Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man. |
| 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 no one says, "Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, |
| 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 out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men. |
| 35:13 | Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it. |
| 35:14 | Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him. |
| 35:15 | And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly, |
| 35:16 | Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge." |