Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
And Elihu went on to say:
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
