1. Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2. Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3. For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
4. Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!
5. For Job hath said, I am righteous, and ·God hath taken away my judgment:
6. Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.
7. What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,
8. And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9. For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God
10. Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from ·God and wrong from the Almighty!
11. For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.
12. Yea, surely, ·God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.
13. Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?
14. If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
15. All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust.