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The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 And Elihu answered and said:
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igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
2 “Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God, ’
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numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
3 that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned? ’
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dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
4 I will answer you and your friends with you.
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itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
5 Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
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suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
6 If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
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si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
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porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself, and your righteousness a son of man.
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homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
9 “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
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propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
10 But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
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et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens? ’
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qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
13 Surely God does not hear an empty cry, nor does the Almighty regard it.
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non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
14 How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
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etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
15 And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not take much note of transgression,
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nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge. ”
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ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat