Job 35:1-8 ▼

1 Elihu continued to speak [to Job and his friends],

2 |Do you think this is right when you say, 'My case is more just than God's,'

3 when you ask, 'What benefit is it to you?' and, 'What would I gain by sinning?'

4 I will answer you and your friends.

5 |Look at the heavens and see. Observe the clouds high above you.

6 If you've sinned, what effect can you have on God? If you've done many wrongs, what can you do to him?

7 If you're righteous, what can you give him, or what can he get from you?

8 Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself. Your righteousness affects only the descendants of Adam.