Job 35
1 Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:
Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —
2 Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
This, dost thou think to be right? 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 dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
5 Suspice caelum et intuere, et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit.
Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.
6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?
If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, 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 art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?
8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.
9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, 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 terrae, et super volucres caeli erudit nos.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.
13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.
14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.
15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;
16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
