1 ¶ Elihu proceeded in his reasoning and said,

2 D ost thou think this to be right, when thou didst say, I am more righteous than God?

3 F or thou didst say, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?

4 I will answer thee and thy companions with thee.

5 L ook unto the heavens and see; and behold the heavens which are higher than thou.

6 I f thou dost sin, what hast thou done against him? Or if thy rebellion is multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7 I f thou art righteous, what shalt thou give him? Or what shall he receive of thine hand?

8 T hy wickedness shall hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness shall profit the son of man.

9 ¶ By reason of the great violence they shall call out; they cry out because of the strength of the many.

10 B ut no one shall say, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

11 w ho teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 T here they shall cry, but he shall give no answer because of the pride of those that are evil.

13 S urely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty look upon it.

14 ¶ For much that thou dost say, he will not look upon it, submit to judgment before him, and trust thou in him.

15 B ut now, because he has not visited in wrath; nor is it known in great extremity;

16 t herefore, Job opened his mouth in vain and multiplied words without knowledge.