Job 35

1 Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:

Then commenced Elihu, and said,

2 Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?

Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, “My righteousness is more than God's?”

3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?

For thou sayest, “What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?”

4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.

I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.

5 Suspice caelum et intuere, et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit.

Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.

6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?

If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do 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 doth he accept out of thy hand?

8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.

A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.

9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions [the wicked] cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.

10 Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,

But [man] saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;

11 Qui docet nos super iumenta terrae, et super volucres caeli erudit nos.

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?

12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.

There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.

13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.

Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.

14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.

Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.

15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.

But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?

16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.

But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.