1 And Elihu made answer and said,

2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:

5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

9 Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

10 But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

12 There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

13 But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

15 And now ... ;

16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

1 以利户回答说：

2 "你说： ‘我在 神面前更显为义’， 你自以为这话有理吗？

3 你还说： ‘你有什么益处呢？我不犯罪有什么好处？’

4 我要用言语回答你， 和与你在一起的朋友。

5 你要往天仰望观看， 细看高过你的云天。

6 你若犯罪， 你能使 神受害吗？你的过犯若增多， 你又能使他受损吗？

7 你若为人正义， 你能给他什么呢？他从你手里能领受什么呢？

8 你的邪恶只能害像你的人， 你的公义也只能叫世人得益。

9 他们因多受欺压而呼叫， 因受强权者的压制而呼求。

10 却没有说： ‘ 神我的创造主在哪里呢？他使人在夜间歌唱。

11 他教导我们过于教导地上的走兽， 使我们有智慧胜于空中的飞鸟。’

12 因为恶人骄傲的缘故， 他们在那里呼求， 神却不回答。

13 真的， 神必不垂听虚妄的呼求， 全能者也必不留意，

14 更何况你说你不得见他。你的案件在他面前， 你忍耐地等候他吧！

15 但现在因为他还没有在忿怒中降罚， 也不大理会人的过犯；

16 所以约伯开口说空话， 多说无知识的话。"