Eliu pretending that Job had said God to be unjust, sheweth that man's piety nor impiety neither profiteth nor disprofiteth God: 13. and that he judgeth all things rightly.Eliu pretending that Iob had sayde God to be vniust, sheweth that mans pietie nor impietie neither profiteth nor disprofiteth God: 13. and that he iudgeth al thinges rightly.✦
Therefore Eliu again spake these words:THERFORE Eliu againe spake these wordes:Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est :
2Doth thy cogitatio: thought, reasoning seem just to thee, that thou saidst: I am juster than God?Doth thy cogitation seme iust to thee, that thou saydst: I am iuster then God?✦Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres : Justior sum Deo ?
3For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?For thou saydst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what wil it profite thee if I sinne?✦Dixisti enim : Non tibi placet quod rectum est : vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero ?
4Therefore will I answer to thy words, and to thy friends with thee.Therfore wil I answer to thy wordes, & to thy frendes with thee.✦Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
5Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thou.Looke vp to heauen and see, and behold the skie, that it is higher then thou.Suspice cælum, et intuere : et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
6If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thine iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?If thou sinne, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thine iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou doe against him?Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis ? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum ?
7Moreover if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?Moreouer if thou doe iustly, what shalt thou geue him, or what shal he receiue of thy hand?Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei ? aut quid de manu tua accipiet ?
8Man that is like to thee, thy impiety shall hurt: and thy justice shall help the son of man.Man that is like to thee, thy impietie shal hurt: and thy iustice shal helpe the sonne of man.✦Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua : et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
9Because of the multitude of calumniatorum: slanderers, oppressors they shall cry: and shall wail for the force of the arm of tyrants.Because of the multitude of calumniatours they shal cry: and shal waile for the force of the arme of tyrantes.Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
10And he hath not said: Where is God, that made me, that hath given songs in the night?And he hath not sayd: Where is God, that made me, that hath geuen songs in the night?✦Et non dixit : Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte ;
11Who teacheth us above the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us above the fowls of the air.Who teacheth vs aboue the beastes of the earth, and instructeth vs aboue the foules of the ayre.✦qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos ?
12There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of the evil.There shal they crie, and he wil not heare, because of the pride of the euil.✦Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
13God therefore will not hear without cause, and the Omnipotent will behold the causes of every one.God therfore wil not heare without cause, and the Omnipotent wil behold the causes of euerie one.✦Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
14Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expecta: wait for him.Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be iudged before him, & expect him.Etiam cum dixeris : Non considerat : judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
15For he doth not now infert: inflict, bring in his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.For he doth not now inferte his furie, neither doth he reuenge wickednesse excedingly.✦Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
16Therefore Job in vain openeth his mouth, and without knowledge multiplieth words.Therfore Iob in vaine openeth his mouth, and without knowledge multiplieth wordes.✦Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.