Job 35
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, 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 saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out 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 maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
