| 1. | And Elihu answereth and saith: -- |
| 2. | This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness `is' more than God's?' |
| 3. | For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?' |
| 4. | I return thee words, and thy friends with thee, |
| 5. | Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou. |
| 6. | If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him? |
| 7. | If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? |
| 8. | For a man like thyself `is' thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness. |
| 9. | Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty. |
| 10. | And none said, `Where `is' God my maker? Giving songs in the night, |
| 11. | Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.' |
| 12. | There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers. |
| 13. | Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it. |
| 14. | Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment `is' before Him, and stay for Him. |
| 15. | And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity. |
| 16. | And Job `with' vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth. |