Job 35 — KJV

35 Verse 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, ^{Verse 2} Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? ^{Verse 3} For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? ^{Verse 4} I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. ^{Verse 5} Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. ^{Verse 6} If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? ^{Verse 7} If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? ^{Verse 8} Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. ^{Verse 9} By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. ^{Verse 10} But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; ^{Verse 11} Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? ^{Verse 12} There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. ^{Verse 13} Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. ^{Verse 14} Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. ^{Verse 15} But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: ^{Verse 16} Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.