Job 35 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 35

And Elihu

went on

to say:

“Do you think

it

is just

when you say,

‘I am righteous

before God.’?

For

you ask,

‘What

does it profit

me,

and what

benefit do I gain

apart from sin?’

I

will answer

you

and your friends

with you.

Look

to the heavens

and see;

gaze

at the clouds

high

above you.

If

you sin,

what

do you accomplish

against Him?

If you multiply

your transgressions,

what

do you do

to Him?

If

you are righteous,

what

do you give Him,

or

what

does He receive

from your hand?

Your wickedness

affects only a man

like yourself,

and your righteousness

only a son

of men.

Men cry out

under great

oppression;

they plead for relief

from the arm

of the mighty.

But no

one asks,

‘Where is

God

my Maker,

who gives us

songs

in the night,

who teaches us

more than the beasts

of the earth

and makes us wiser

than the birds

of the air?’

There

they cry out,

but He does not

answer,

because of

the pride

of evil men.

Surely

God

does not

listen

to empty pleas,

and the Almighty

does not

take note of it.

How much less,

then, when

you say

that you do not

see Him,

that your case

is before Him

and you must wait

for Him,

and further,

that

in His anger

He has not punished

or

taken much notice

of folly.

So Job

opens

his mouth

in vain

and multiplies

words

without

knowledge.”

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