Job 35:11-16

11 Qui nous instruit plus que les bêtes de la terre, Et nous donne l'intelligence plus qu'aux oiseaux du ciel?

12 On a beau crier alors, Dieu ne répond pas, A cause de l'orgueil des méchants.

13 C'est en vain que l'on crie, Dieu n'écoute pas, Le Tout-Puissant n'y a point égard.

14 Bien que tu dises que tu ne le vois pas, Ta cause est devant lui: attends-le!

15 Mais, parce que sa colère ne sévit point encore, Ce n'est pas à dire qu'il ait peu souci du crime.

16 Ainsi Job ouvre vainement la bouche, Il multiplie les paroles sans intelligence.

Job 35:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 35

Is this chapter Elihu goes on to charge Job with other unbecoming speeches, which he undertakes to refute; as that he had represented his cause more just than God's, and religion and righteousness as things unprofitable to men, only to God; to which Elihu takes upon him to make answer, Job 35:1-8; and that the cries of the oppressed were not heard by the Lord, so as to give occasion to songs of praise and thankfulness, to which he replies, Job 35:9-13; and that Job had expressed diffidence and despair of ever seeing and enjoying the favour of God, which he endeavours to remove, Job 35:14-16.