translation_id: asv-eng-asv

book_id: JOB

book: Job

text: Moreover Elihu answered and said,


text: Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,


text: That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?


text: I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.


text: Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.


text: If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?


text: If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?


text: Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.


text: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.


text: But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,


text: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?


text: There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.


text: Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.


text: How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!


text: But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;


text: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.