Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
And Elihu made answer and said,
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
3 dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
10 et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
And now ...;
16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
