Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Igitur Eliu haec rursum locutus est:
2 Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
Numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Suspice caelum et intuere, et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit.
6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him.
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae, quid facies contra eum?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; and thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Qui docet nos super iumenta terrae, et super volucres caeli erudit nos.
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
