Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
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 heiulabunt 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 singulorum causas intuebitur
Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo 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.
