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Elihu Condemns Self-Righteousness

35 Elihu continued and said:

“Do you think this to be just?
    You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’(A)
If you ask, ‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’(B)

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Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Justice

35 Then Elihu said:

“Do you think it is right for you to claim,
    ‘I am righteous before God’?
For you also ask, ‘What’s in it for me?
    What’s the use of living a righteous life?’

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