Job 35:7-16

7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet

8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua

9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum

10 et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte

11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos

12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum

13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur

14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum

15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde

16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat

Job 35:7-16 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.