Job 35:5
Verse 5 of 16. The 35th of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Moreover Elihu answered,
2“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
3that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
4I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
6If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.