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