Job 35

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1 Then Elihu proceeded and said:	1 Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est :
2 Do you think it right to say, "I am just rather than God?"	2 Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres : Justior sum Deo ?
3 To say, "What does it profit me; what advantage have I more than if I had sinned?"	3 Dixisti enim : Non tibi placet quod rectum est : vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero ?
4 I have words for a reply to you and your three companions as well.	4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5 Look up to the skies and behold; regard the heavens high above you.	5 Suspice cælum, et intuere : et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6 If you sin, what injury do you do to God? Even if your offenses are many, how do you hurt him?	6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis ? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum ?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand?	7 Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei ? aut quid de manu tua accipiet ?
8 Your wickedness can affect only a man like yourself; and your justice only a fellow human being.	8 Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua : et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
9 In great oppression men cry out; they call for help because of the power of the mighty,	9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10 Saying, "Where is God, my Maker, who has given visions in the night,	10 Et non dixit : Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte ;
11 Taught us rather than the beasts of the earth, and made us wise rather than the birds of the heavens?"	11 qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos ?
12 Though thus they cry out, he answers not against the pride of the wicked.	12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13 But it is idle to say God does not hear or that the Almighty does not take notice.	13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14 Even though you say that you see him not, the case is before him; with trembling should you wait upon him.	14 Etiam cum dixeris : Non considerat : judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15 But now that you have done otherwise, God's anger punishes, nor does he show concern that a man will die.	15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16 Yet Job to no purpose opens his mouth, and without knowledge multiplies words.	16 Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.