Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
Then commenced Elihu, and said,
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
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 heiulabunt 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 singulorum causas intuebitur
Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo 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.
