Job 35

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

Clementine Vulgate, 1598

1Moreover Eliu spoke these words:

1Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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