35:1 Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est :

35:1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

35:2 Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres : Justior sum Deo ?

35:2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?

35:3 Dixisti enim : Non tibi placet quod rectum est : vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero ?

35:3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

35:4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.

35:4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

35:5 Suspice cælum, et intuere : et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.

35:5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

35:6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis ? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum ?

35:6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

35:7 Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei ? aut quid de manu tua accipiet ?

35:7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

35:8 Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua : et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.

35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.

35:9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.

35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

35:10 Et non dixit : Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte ;

35:10 And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

35:11 qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos ?

35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

35:12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.

35:12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

35:13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.

35:13 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

35:14 Etiam cum dixeris : Non considerat : judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.

35:14 Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

35:15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.

35:15 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

35:16 Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.

35:16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.