Job 35
1 Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Suspice caelum et intuere, et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 Qui docet nos super iumenta terrae, et super volucres caeli erudit nos.
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
