Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
And Elius resumed and said,
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast 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 thee, and thy 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 thee.
5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt 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 hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst 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.
