Chapter 35

¹Moreover Eliu spoke these words : ²Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God? ³For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin? ⁴Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee. ⁵Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee. ⁶If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him? ⁷And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand? ⁸Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man. ⁹By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants. ¹⁰And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night? ¹¹Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air. ¹²There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men. ¹³God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one. ¹⁴Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him. ¹⁵For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly. ¹⁶Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.