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igitur Heliu haec rursum locutus est
Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
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numquid aequa tibi videtur tua cogitatio ut diceres iustior Deo sum
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
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dixisti enim non tibi placet quod rectum est vel quid tibi proderit si ego peccavero
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
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itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis et amicis tuis tecum
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
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suspice caelum et intuere et contemplare aethera quod altior te sit
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
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si peccaveris quid ei nocebis et si multiplicatae fuerint iniquitates tuae quid facies contra eum
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
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porro si iuste egeris quid donabis ei aut quid de manu tua accipiet
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
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homini qui similis tui est nocebit impietas tua et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua
Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
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propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt et heiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum
By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
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et non dixit ubi est Deus qui fecit me qui dedit carmina in nocte
And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?
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qui docet nos super iumenta terrae et super volucres caeli erudit nos
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
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ibi clamabunt et non exaudiet propter superbiam malorum
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
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non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
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etiam cum dixeris non considerat iudicare coram eo et expecta eum
Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
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nunc enim non infert furorem suum nec ulciscitur scelus valde
For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
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ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
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