1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 Thinkest thou this to be
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.