Elihu Answers Job
Then Elihu answered and said,
2 “Do you think this is according to ajustice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
3 For you say, ‘aWhat use will it be to You?
bWhat profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4 I will respond to you,
And your friends with you.
5 aLook at the heavens and see;
And perceive bthe clouds—they are higher than you.
6 If you have sinned, awhat do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
7 If you are righteous, awhat do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.
9 “Because of amany oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm bof many oppressors.
10 But ano one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who bgives songs of praise in the night,
11 Who ateaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
12 There athey cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely aGod will not listen to an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty perceive it.
14 How much less when ayou say you do not perceive Him,
The bcase is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
15 And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,
16 So Job opens his mouth vainly;
He multiplies words awithout knowledge.”