Job35

Elihu continues his discourse, challenging Job's assertion that his righteousness surpasses God's and that there is no profit in being cleansed from sin. He argues that human actions do not directly affect God, who is transcendent, but rather impact other men. Elihu criticizes those who cry out under oppression but fail to seek God, their Maker, concluding that Job speaks ignorantly and without true understanding.

Elihu Challenges Job's Claims

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And Elihu answereth and saith: --
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This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said--`My righteousness is more than God's?'
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For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
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I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

Human Actions Do Not Affect God

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Behold attentively the heavens--and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
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If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
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If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
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For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

Why Cries Go Unanswered

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Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
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And none said, `Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
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Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
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There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
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Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
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Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.
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And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
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And Job with vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
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