1 E lihu spake moreover, and said,

2 T hinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

3 F or thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be 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 clouds which are higher than thou.

6 I f thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7 I f thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

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

9 B y reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 B ut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 W ho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 T here they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

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

14 A lthough thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

15 B ut now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

16 T herefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.