The Latin Vulgate VUL
Good News Translation GNT
1 igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
1
It is not right, Job, for you to say that you are innocent in God's sight,
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
3
or to ask God, "How does my sin affect you? What have I gained by not sinning?"
4 itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
4
I am going to answer you and your friends too.
5 suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
5
Look at the sky! See how high the clouds are!
6 si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
6
If you sin, that does no harm to God. If you do wrong many times, does that affect him?
7 porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
7
Do you help God by being so righteous? There is nothing God needs from you.
8 homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
8
Others suffer from your sins, and the good you do helps them.
9 propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
9
When people are oppressed, they groan; they cry for someone to save them.
10 et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
10
But they don't turn to God, their Creator, who gives them hope in their darkest hours.
11 qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
11
They don't turn to God, who makes us wise, wiser than any animal or bird.
12 ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
12
They cry for help, but God doesn't answer, for they are proud and evil.
13 non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
13
It is useless for them to cry out; Almighty God does not see or hear them.
14 etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
14
Job, you say you can't see God; but wait patiently - your case is before him.
15 nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
15
You think that God does not punish, that he pays little attention to sin.
16 ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
16
It is useless for you to go on talking; it is clear you don't know what you are saying.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.