Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
5 Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
8 Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
12 There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
14 Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
16 For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
