Job 35
1 Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:
2 Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, “I am more righteous than God.”
3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, 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 up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!
6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.
9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account of the arm of the mighty.
10 Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
But none saith, “Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
11 Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of heaven?”
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.
13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;
14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him, —only wait thou for him!
15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,
16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
Therefore hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.
