Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said:
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, or sayest thou: 'I am righteousness before God',
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Justior sum Deo?
3 That thou inquirest: 'What advantage will it be unto Thee?' And: 'What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I will give thee answer, and thy companions with thee.
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Suspice cælum, et intuere: et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou Him? Or what receiveth He of thy hand?
Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei? aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 Thy wickedness concerneth a man as thou art; and thy righteousness a son of man.
Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt 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 fowls of heaven?'
qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, 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 causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 Yea, when thou sayest thou canst not see Him — the cause is before Him; therefore wait thou for Him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 And now, is it for nought that He punished in His anger? And hath He not full knowledge of arrogance?
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 But Job doth open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
