Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Suspice cælum et intuere, et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos.
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
