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[1] Elihu spake moreouer and saide
[2] Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest, I am more righteous then God
[3] For thou sayest: what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee, and what profite shall I haue of my sinne
[4] Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee, aud to thy companions with thee
[5] Loke vnto the heauen and beholde it, consider the cloudes which are hyer then thou
[6] If thou hast sinned, what hast thou done against him? If thyne offences be many, what hast thou done vnto him
[7] If thou be righteous, what geuest thou him? or what wyll he receaue of thyne hande
[8] Thy wickednesse [may hurt] a man as thou art, and thy righteousnesse [may profite] the sonne of man
[9] They which are oppressed crye out vpon the multitude, yea they crye out for the power of the mightie
[10] But none sayth, Where is God that made me? and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night
[11] Which teacheth vs more the the beastes of the earth, and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen
[12] If any such complaine, no man geueth aunswere, and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes
[13] For God wyll not heare vanitie, neither wyll the almightie regarde it
[14] Although thou sayest [to God] thou wylt not regarde it: yet iudgement is before him, trust thou in him
[15] But now because his anger hath not visited, neither called men to accompt with great extremitie
[16] Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine, & he maketh many wordes without knowledge
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