Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu, responded and said: —
Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
2 This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said—My righteousness is more than GOD’S.
Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?
3 For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
4 I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.
Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Look at the heavens and see, —and survey the skies—they are higher than thou.
Suspice cælum et intuere, et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If thou sinnest, what canst thou work against him? Or, if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?
Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
7 If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?
Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
8 Unto a man like thyself, might thy lawlessness [reach], and, unto a son of the earth-born, thy righteousness.
Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions, [men] make outcry, 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, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?
Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos.
12 There, [men] make outcry, and he answereth not, because of the arrogance of evil-doers.
Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 Howbeit, vanity, will GOD not hear, Yea, the Almighty, will not regard it.
Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.
Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest] —His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;
Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
