Job 35

1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est

Moreover Elihu answered,

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

“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

3 dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero

that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum

I will answer you, and your companions with you.

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

Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

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

If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

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

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

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

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum

“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. 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 no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

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

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum

There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.

13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

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

How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,

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

therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”