{"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/erv/job/35","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:57:17.856Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 doest 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 thine 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 fowls of heaven?"},{"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 vanity, 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 35](https://primebible.com/erv/job/35)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/35 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}