Eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach God.
35:1. Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
35:2. Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am
more just than God?
35:3. For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what
will it profit thee if I sin?
35:4. Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
35:5. Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher
than thee.
35:6. If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be
multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
35:7. And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he
receive of thy hand?
35:8. Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice
may help the son of man.
35:9. By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and
shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
35:10. And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given
songs in the night?
35:11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and
instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
35:12. There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride
of evil men.
35:13. God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look
into the causes of every one.
35:14. Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before
him, and expect him.
35:15. For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge
wickedness exceedingly.
35:16. Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words
without knowledge.