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| [1]Elihu spake moreover, and said, |
[1]AGAIN Elihu spoke, and said, |
| [2]Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous than God? |
[2]Do you think you were justified in saying, I have been found blameless by God? |
| [3]For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what availeth it me, to purge me from my sin? |
[3]If you have said it, what advantage will it be to you? And what should I gain if I should condemn you? |
| [4]Therefore will I answer thee, and thy companions with thee. |
[4]I will answer you with words, you and your friends with you. |
| [5]Look unto the heaven, and see and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. |
[5]Look to the heavens, and observe the clouds which are higher than you. |
| [6]If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sins be many, what doest thou unto him? |
[6]If you sin, what difference does it make to him? And if your iniquities be multiplied, what does it matter to him? |
| [7]If thou be righteous, what givest thou unto him? Or what receiveth he at thine hand? |
[7]If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand? |
| [8]Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. |
[8]Your wickedness is to yourself; and your righteousness is to yourself |
| [9]They cause many that are oppressed, to cry, which cry out for the violence of the mighty. |
[9]Because of the multitude of oppressions men howl; and many cry out because of iniquity. |
| [10]But none saith, Where is God that made me, which giveth songs in the night? |
[10]And none says, Where is God my Maker, who gives counsel in the night, |
| [11]Which teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and giveth us more wisdom than the fowls of the heaven. |
[11]Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of the air? |
| [12]Then they cry because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not. |
[12]They cry, but he does not answer them, |
| [13]Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. |
[13]Because God does not hear the empty pride of evildoers, nor does he praise it |
| [14]Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet judgment is before him: trust thou in him. |
[14]Although you have said, I will not praise him, plead before him and supplicate before him. |
| [15]But now because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the evil with great extremity, |
[15]For now he does not punish with his anger; and he does not harm any soul. |
| [16]Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge. |
[16]Therefore Job has spoken in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge |