1 T hen Elihu said,

Continuó Eliú, y dijo:

2 “ Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘I am more right than God’?

“¿Piensas que esto es justo ? Dices: ‘Mi justicia es más que la de Dios.’

3 F or you ask, ‘What will You get by it? How will it be better for me than if I had sinned?’

Porque dices: ‘¿Qué ventaja será para Ti ? ¿Qué ganaré yo por no haber pecado ?’

4 I will answer you, and your friends with you.

Yo te daré razones, Y a tus amigos contigo.

5 L ook at the heavens and see. See the clouds which are higher than you.

Mira a los cielos y ve, Contempla las nubes, son más altas que tú.

6 I f you have sinned, what does that do to God? If you have done many wrongs, what does that do to Him?

Si has pecado, ¿qué logras tú contra El? Y si tus transgresiones son muchas, ¿qué Le haces ?

7 I f you are right and good, what do you give to Him? What does He receive from you?

Si eres justo, ¿qué Le das, O qué recibe El de tu mano?

8 Y our wrong-doing may hurt another man and your being right and good may help him.

Tu maldad es para un hombre como tú, Y tu justicia para un hijo de hombre.

9 “ People cry out because of their many hard times. They cry for help because of the arm of the powerful.

A causa de la multitud de opresiones claman los hombres; Gritan a causa del brazo de los poderosos.

10 B ut no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

Pero ninguno dice: ‘¿Dónde está Dios mi Hacedor, Que inspira cánticos en la noche,

11 W ho teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

Que nos enseña más que a las bestias de la tierra, Y nos hace más sabios que las aves de los cielos?’

12 T here they cry out, but He does not answer because of the pride of sinful men.

Allí claman, pero El no responde A causa del orgullo de los malos.

13 F or sure God will not listen to an empty cry. The All-powerful will not do anything about it.

Ciertamente el clamor vano no escuchará Dios, El Todopoderoso (Shaddai) no lo tomará en cuenta.

14 H ow much less when you say you do not see Him, that your trial is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

Cuánto menos cuando dices que no Lo contemplas, Que la causa está delante de El, y tienes que esperarlo.

15 A nd now, because God has not punished in His anger, and does not watch for sin,

Y ahora, porque El no ha castigado con Su ira, Ni se ha fijado bien en la transgresión,

16 J ob opens his mouth with empty talk. He speaks many words without much learning.”

Job abre vanamente su boca, Multiplica palabras sin sabiduría.”