Job 35
1 Then commenced Elihu, and said,
Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:
2 Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God's?”
Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.
Suspice caelum et intuere, et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit.
6 If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do 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 him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even 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 the heavens?
Qui docet nos super iumenta terrae, et super volucres caeli erudit nos.
12 There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
