Job 35
1 Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
2 [Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Justior sum Deo?
What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?
3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Suspice cælum, et intuere: et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
7 Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei? aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?
8 Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.
9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte;
But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
11 qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,
16 Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.]
so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
