Job 35

World English Bible

Louis Segond 1910

1Moreover Elihu answered,

1Élihu reprit et dit:

2“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’

2Imagines-tu avoir raison, Penses-tu te justifier devant Dieu,

3that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

3Quand tu dis: Que me sert-il, Que me revient-il de ne pas pécher?

4I will answer you, and your companions with you.

4C’est à toi que je vais répondre, Et à tes amis en même temps.

5Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

5Considère les cieux, et regarde! Vois les nuées, comme elles sont au-dessus de toi!

6If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

6Si tu pèches, quel tort lui causes-tu? Et quand tes péchés se multiplient, que lui fais-tu?

7If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

7Si tu es juste, que lui donnes-tu? Que reçoit-il de ta main?

8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

8Ta méchanceté ne peut nuire qu’à ton semblable, Ta justice n’est utile qu’au fils de l’homme.

9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

9On crie contre la multitude des oppresseurs, On se plaint de la violence d’un grand nombre;

10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

10Mais nul ne dit: Où est Dieu, mon créateur, Qui inspire des chants d’allégresse pendant la nuit,

11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

11Qui nous instruit plus que les bêtes de la terre, Et nous donne l’intelligence plus qu’aux oiseaux du ciel?

12There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.

12On a beau crier alors, Dieu ne répond pas, A cause de l’orgueil des méchants.

13Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.

13C’est en vain que l’on crie, Dieu n’écoute pas, Le Tout-Puissant n’y a point égard.

14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

14Bien que tu dises que tu ne le vois pas, Ta cause est devant lui: attends-le!

15But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,

15Mais, parce que sa colère ne sévit point encore, Ce n’est pas à dire qu’il ait peu souci du crime.

16therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”

16Ainsi Job ouvre vainement la bouche, Il multiplie les paroles sans intelligence.

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