Job 35-37 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition)

Job 35

 ¹Moreover Eliu spoke these words :

    ²Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?

    ³For thou saidst : That which is right doth not please thee : or what will it profit thee if I sin?

    ⁴Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.

    ⁵Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

    ⁶If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?

    ⁷And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

    ⁸Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee : and thy justice may help the son of man.

    ⁹By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out : and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.

    ¹⁰And he hath not said : Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?

    ¹¹Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.

    ¹²There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

    ¹³God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.

    ¹⁴Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him.

    ¹⁵For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.

    ¹⁶Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.

   

Job 36

 ¹Eliu also proceeded, and said :

    ²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf.

    ³I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.

    ⁴For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.

    ⁵God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.

    ⁶But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.

    ⁷He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

    ⁸And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty :

    ⁹He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.

    ¹⁰He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.

    ¹¹If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.

    ¹²But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.

    ¹³Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.

    ¹⁴Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.

    ¹⁵He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

    ¹⁶Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.

    ¹⁷Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.

    ¹⁸Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.

    ¹⁹Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.

    ²⁰Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

    ²¹Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

    ²²Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.

    ²³Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity?

    ²⁴Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.

    ²⁵All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.

    ²⁶Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable.

    ²⁷He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods :

    ²⁸Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.

    ²⁹If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

    ³⁰And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.

    ³¹For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.

    ³²In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

    ³³He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.

   

Job 37

 ¹At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.

    ²Hear ye attentively the terror of his voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth.

    ³He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.

    ⁴After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.

    ⁵God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things.

    ⁶He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.

    ⁷He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works.

    ⁸Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den.

    ⁹Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north.

    ¹⁰When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.

    ¹¹Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light :

    ¹²Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth :

    ¹³Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

    ¹⁴Hearken to these things, Job : Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God.

    ¹⁵Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds?

    ¹⁶Knowest thou the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect knowledges?

    ¹⁷Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?

    ¹⁸Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.

    ¹⁹Shew us what we may say to him : for we are wrapped up in darkness.

    ²⁰Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.

    ²¹But now they see not the light : the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.

    ²²Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear.

    ²³We cannot find him worthily : he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.

    ²⁴Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him.