Job 35
1 Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:
Elihu spake moreouer, and said,
2 Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
Thinkest thou this right, that thou hast said, I am more righteous then God?
3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me from my sinne?
4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
Therefore will I answere thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Suspice caelum et intuere, et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit.
Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.
6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him, yea, when thy sinnes be many, what doest thou vnto him?
7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
If thou be righteous, what giuest thou vnto him? or what receiueth he at thine hand?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousnes may profite ye sonne of man.
9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
They cause many that are oppressed, to crye, which crye out for ye violence of the mightie.
10 Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
But none saieth, Where is God that made me, which giueth songs in the nyght?
11 Qui docet nos super iumenta terrae, et super volucres caeli erudit nos.
Which teacheth vs more then the beastes of the earth, and giueth vs more wisdome then the foules of the heauen.
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
Then they crye because of the violence of the wicked, but he answereth not.
13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
Surely God will not heare vanitie, neyther will the Almightie regard it.
14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
Although thou sayest to God, Thou wilt not regard it, yet iudgement is before him: trust thou in him.
15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
But nowe because his anger hath not visited, nor called to count the euill with great extremitie,
16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
