1 And Elihu answereth and saith: --

1 וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness `is' more than God's?'

2 הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃

3 For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

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

4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

4 אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

5 Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

5 הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

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

7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

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

8 For a man like thyself `is' thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

8 לְאִישׁ־כָּמֹ֥וךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

9 מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּרֹ֣ועַ רַבִּֽים׃

10 And none said, `Where `is' God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

10 וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱלֹ֣והַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִרֹ֣ות בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

11 מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמֹ֣ות אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵעֹ֖וף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

12 שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּאֹ֣ון רָעִֽים׃

13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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

14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment `is' before Him, and stay for Him.

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

15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

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

16 And Job `with' vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

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