¹人的善恶对　神无所损益以利户回答说：

¹And Elihu answereth and saith: —

²“你说：‘我在　神面前更显为义’，你自以为这话有理吗？

²This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — `My righteousness [is] more than God`s?`

³你还说：‘你有什么益处呢？我不犯罪有什么好处？’

³For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?`

⁴我要用言语回答你，和与你在一起的朋友。

⁴I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

⁵你要往天仰望观看，细看高过你的云天。

⁵Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

⁶你若犯罪，你能使　神受害吗？你的过犯若增多，你又能使他受损吗？

⁶If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

⁷你若为人正义，你能给他什么呢？他从你手里能领受什么呢？

⁷If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

⁸你的邪恶只能害像你的人，你的公义也只能叫世人得益。

⁸For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

⁹他们因多受欺压而呼叫，因受强权者的压制而呼求。

⁹Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

¹⁰却没有说：‘　神我的创造主在哪里呢？他使人在夜间歌唱。

¹⁰And none said, `Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

¹¹他教导我们过于教导地上的走兽，使我们有智慧胜于空中的飞鸟。’

¹¹Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.`

¹²因为恶人骄傲的缘故，他们在那里呼求，　神却不回答。

¹²There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

¹³真的，　神必不垂听虚妄的呼求，全能者也必不留意，

¹³Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

¹⁴更何况你说你不得见他。你的案件在他面前，你忍耐地等候他吧！

¹⁴Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

¹⁵但现在因为他还没有在忿怒中降罚，也不大理会人的过犯；

¹⁵And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

¹⁶所以约伯开口说空话，多说无知识的话。”

¹⁶And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.