1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
2 numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio
ut diceres iustior Deo sum
3 dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est
vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis
et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua
et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt
et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
10 et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae
et super volucres caeli erudit nos
12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus
et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat
iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum
nec ulciscitur scelus valde
16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum
et absque scientia verba multiplicat
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and , What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so , he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.