Elihu Condemns Job
And Elihu answered and said:
2 “Do you think this to be just?
Do you say, a‘It is my right before God,’
3 that you ask, a‘What advantage have I?
How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
4 I will answer you
and ayour friends with you.
5 aLook at the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
6 If you have sinned, awhat do you accomplish against him?
And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7 aIf you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness aa son of man.
9 “Because of the multitude of aoppressions people bcry out;
they call for help because of the arm of cthe mighty.
10 But none says, ‘Where is God my aMaker,
who gives bsongs in the night,
11 who teaches us amore than the beasts of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12 There they acry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
nor does the Almighty regard it.
14 How much less when you say that you ado not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are bwaiting for him!
15 And now, because ahis anger does not punish,
and he does not take much note of transgression,
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
he amultiplies words bwithout knowledge.”