(KJV) Job 35¹

⥃Elihu Recalls God’s Justice

[1] Elihu spake moreover, and said, [2] Thinkest² thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My³ righteousness [is] more than God’s? [3] For thou saidst, What advantage⁴ will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin⁵? [4] I will answer thee⁶, and thy⁷ companions with thee. [5] Look⁸ unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds⁹ [which] are higher than thou. [6] If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?¹⁰ [7] If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?¹¹ [8] Thy wickedness [may hurt¹²] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit¹³] the son of man. [9] By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make¹⁴ [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm¹⁵ of the mighty. [10] But none¹⁶ saith, Where¹⁷ [is] God my¹⁸ maker, who¹⁹ giveth songs in the night; [11] Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?²⁰ [12] There²¹ they cry, but none giveth answer, because²² of the pride of evil men. [13] Surely God²³ will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard²⁴ it. [14] Although thou sayest²⁵ thou shalt not see him, [yet²⁶] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust²⁷ thou in him. [15] But now, because²⁸ [it is] not [so], he²⁹ hath visited³⁰ in his anger; yet he³¹ knoweth [it] not in great³² extremity: [16] Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. ³³