Job 35

1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est

And Elihu answereth and saith: —

2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: 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 doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua

For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

10 et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte

And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'

12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum

There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur

Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.

15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde

And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.

16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat

And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.