Job 35

Elihu spake moreover, and said,

igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or 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

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

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

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

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum

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

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

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat