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Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

If I have withheld the poor from `their' desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);