Elihu Reminds Job of God's Justice
1Elihuspakemoreover, and said,
2Thinkestthou this to be right,[that] thou saidst,My righteousness[is] more than God's?
3For thou saidst,What advantagewill it be unto thee? [and], What profitshall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
4I will answerthee, and thy companionswith thee.
5Lookunto the heavens,and see;and beholdthe clouds[which] are higherthan thou.
6If thou sinnest,what doestthou against him? or [if] thy transgressionsbe multiplied,what doestthou unto him?
7If thou be righteous,what givestthou him? or what receivethhe of thine hand?
8Thy wickedness[may hurt] a manas thou [art]; and thy righteousness[may profit] the sonof man.
9By reason of the multitudeof oppressionsthey make [the oppressed] to cry:they cry outby reason of the armof the mighty.
10But none saith,Where [is] Godmy maker,who givethsongsin the night;
11Who teachethus more than the beastsof the earth,and maketh us wiserthan the fowlsof heaven?
12There they cry,but none giveth answer,becauseof the prideof evil men.
13Surely Godwill not hearvanity,neither will the Almightyregardit.
14Althoughthou sayestthou shalt not seehim, [yet] judgment[is] beforehim; therefore trustthou in him.
15But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visitedin his anger;yet he knoweth[it] not in greatextremity:
16Therefore doth Jobopenhis mouthin vain;he multipliethwordswithoutknowledge.
