Liber Iob, 35

1. igitur Heliu hæc rursum locutus est

1. Moreover Eliu spoke these words :

2. numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres justior Deo sum

2. Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?

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

3. For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin?

4. itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum

4. Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

5. suspice cælum et intuere et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit

5. Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

6. si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ quid facies contra eum

6. If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

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

7. And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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

8. Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.

9. propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et hejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum

9. By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

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

10. And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

11. qui docet nos super jumenta terræ et super volucres cæli erudit nos

11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

12. ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum

12. There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

13. non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur

13. God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

14. etiam cum dixeris non considerat judicare coram eo et expecta eum

14. Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him.

15. nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde

15. For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

16. ergo Job frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat

16. Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.