| 1 | After this, Eliu again spoke in this way: |
| 2 | Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, "I am more just than God?" |
| 3 | For you said, "Having done what is right does not please you," and, "How will it benefit you, if I sin?" |
| 4 | And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you. |
| 5 | Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you. |
| 6 | If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him? |
| 7 | Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand? |
| 8 | Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man. |
| 9 | Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants. |
| 10 | Yet he has not said: "Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night, |
| 11 | who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?" |
| 12 | There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked. |
| 13 | Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case. |
| 14 | And so, when you say, "He does not examine," be judged before him, but wait for him. |
| 15 | For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly. |
| 16 | Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge. |
