Job 35
1 Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto 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 unto 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 hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason 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 the heavens?
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
There they cry, but none giveth 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], Neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.
