{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/35","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T06:59:54.335Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":35,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":34,"nextChapter":36,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover Elihu answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And , What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Surely God will not hear an empty cry , Neither will the Almighty regard it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 35 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 35](https://primebible.com/asv/job/35)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/35 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}