KJV ¹ Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

VULC ¹ Pronuntians itaque Eliu, etiam hæc locutus est :

KJV ² Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

VULC ² [Audite, sapientes, verba mea :
et eruditi, auscultate me.

KJV ³ For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

VULC ³ Auris enim verba probat,
et guttur escas gustu dijudicat.

KJV ⁴ Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

VULC ⁴ Judicium eligamus nobis,
et inter nos videamus quid sit melius.

KJV ⁵ For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

VULC ⁵ Quia dixit Job : Justus sum,
et Deus subvertit judicium meum.

KJV ⁶ Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

VULC ⁶ In judicando enim me mendacium est :
violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato.

KJV ⁷ What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

VULC ⁷ Quis est vir ut est Job,
qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam :

KJV ⁸ Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

VULC ⁸ qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem,
et ambulat cum viris impiis ?

KJV ⁹ For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

VULC ⁹ Dixit enim : Non placebit vir Deo,
etiam si cucurrerit cum eo.

KJV ¹⁰ Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

VULC ¹⁰ Ideo, viri cordati, audite me :
absit a Deo impietas,
et ab Omnipotente iniquitas.

KJV ¹¹ For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

VULC ¹¹ Opus enim hominis reddet ei,
et juxta vias singulorum restituet eis.

KJV ¹² Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

VULC ¹² Vere enim Deus non condemnabit frustra,
nec Omnipotens subvertet judicium.

KJV ¹³ Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

VULC ¹³ Quem constituit alium super terram ?
aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est ?

KJV ¹⁴ If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

VULC ¹⁴ Si direxerit ad eum cor suum,
spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet.

KJV ¹⁵ All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

VULC ¹⁵ Deficiet omnis caro simul,
et homo in cinerem revertetur.

KJV ¹⁶ If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

VULC ¹⁶ Si habes ergo intellectum, audi quod dicitur,
et ausculta vocem eloquii mei :

KJV ¹⁷ Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

VULC ¹⁷ numquid qui non amat judicium sanari potest ?
et quomodo tu eum qui justus est in tantum condemnas ?

KJV ¹⁸ Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

VULC ¹⁸ Qui dicit regi : Apostata ;
qui vocat duces impios ;

KJV ¹⁹ How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

VULC ¹⁹ qui non accipit personas principum,
nec cognovit tyrannum cum disceptaret contra pauperem :
opus enim manuum ejus sunt universi.

KJV ²⁰ In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

VULC ²⁰ Subito morientur, et in media nocte turbabuntur populi :
et pertransibunt, et auferent violentum absque manu.

KJV ²¹ For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

VULC ²¹ Oculi enim ejus super vias hominum,
et omnes gressus eorum considerat.

KJV ²² There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

VULC ²² Non sunt tenebræ, et non est umbra mortis,
ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem,

KJV ²³ For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

VULC ²³ neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est,
ut veniat ad Deum in judicium.

KJV ²⁴ He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

VULC ²⁴ Conteret multos, et innumerabiles,
et stare faciet alios pro eis.

KJV ²⁵ Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

VULC ²⁵ Novit enim opera eorum,
et idcirco inducet noctem, et conterentur.

KJV ²⁶ He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

VULC ²⁶ Quasi impios percussit eos
in loco videntium :

KJV ²⁷ Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

VULC ²⁷ qui quasi de industria recesserunt ab eo,
et omnes vias ejus intelligere noluerunt :

KJV ²⁸ So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

VULC ²⁸ ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni,
et audiret vocem pauperum.

KJV ²⁹ When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

VULC ²⁹ Ipso enim concedente pacem, quis est qui condemnet ?
ex quo absconderit vultum, quis est qui contempletur eum,
et super gentes, et super omnes homines ?

KJV ³⁰ That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

VULC ³⁰ Qui regnare facit hominem hypocritam
propter peccata populi.

KJV ³¹ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

VULC ³¹ Quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum,
te quoque non prohibebo.

KJV ³² That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

VULC ³² Si erravi, tu doce me ;
si iniquitatem locutus sum, ultra non addam.

KJV ³³ Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

VULC ³³ Numquid a te Deus expetit eam, quia displicuit tibi ?
tu enim cœpisti loqui, et non ego :
quod si quid nosti melius, loquere.

KJV ³⁴ Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

VULC ³⁴ Viri intelligentes loquantur mihi,
et vir sapiens audiat me.

KJV ³⁵ Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

VULC ³⁵ Job autem stulte locutus est,
et verba illius non sonant disciplinam.

KJV ³⁶ My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

VULC ³⁶ Pater mi, probetur Job usque ad finem :
ne desinas ab homine iniquitatis :

KJV ³⁷ For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

VULC ³⁷ quia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam,
inter nos interim constringatur :
et tunc ad judicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum.]