Job 35

1Elihu spake moreover, and said,

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַר׃ (445)

2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵל׃ (2498)

3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

כִּי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָה־אֹעִיל מֵחַטָּאתִי׃ (1530)

4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

אֲנִי אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּךְ׃ (1361)

5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר חָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּךָּ׃ (1404)

6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בֹּו וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לֹּו׃ (2642)

7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לֹו אֹו מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּח׃ (1810)

8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

לְאִישׁ־כָּמֹוךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶךָ׃ (1764)

9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרֹועַ רַבִּים׃ (1938)

10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

וְלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלֹוהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרֹות בַּלָּיְלָה׃ (1946)

11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמֹות אָרֶץ וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵנוּ׃ (1721)

12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאֹון רָעִים׃ (1348)

13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

אַךשְָׁ־וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶנָּה׃ (1732)

14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

אַף כִּי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחֹולֵל לֹו׃ (2501)

15But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפֹּו וְלֹא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹד׃ (1391)

16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

וְאִיֹּוב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר׃ (1228)