1 Moreover Elihu answered,

1 וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2 "Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

2 הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃

3 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

3 כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר³ מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

4 I will answer you, And your companions with you.

4 אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

5 Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

5 הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

6 אִם־חָ֭טָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בֹּ֑ו וְרַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לֹּֽו׃

7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

7 אִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לֹ֑ו אֹ֥ו³ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃

8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.

8 לְאִישׁ־כָּמֹ֥וךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

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

9 מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּרֹ֣ועַ רַבִּֽים׃

10 But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

10 וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱלֹ֣והַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִרֹ֣ות בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

11 Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

11 מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמֹ֣ות אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵעֹ֖וף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

12 There they cry, but none gives answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

12 שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּאֹ֣ון רָעִֽים׃

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

13 אַךשְָ֭־וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

14 How much less when you say you don't see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

14 אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֖אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְחֹ֥ולֵֽל³ לֹֽו׃

15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, Neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

15 וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפֹּ֑ו וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃

16 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge."

16 וְ֭אִיֹּוב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃