Job 35

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words :	1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?	2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
3 For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin?	3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.	4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.	5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?	6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?	7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.	8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.	9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
10 And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?	10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.	11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.	12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
13 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.	13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
14 Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him.	14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
15 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.	15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.	16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.