Job 31
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
1[Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
2Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?
3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
3Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?
4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
4Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?
5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
5Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
6appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.
7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
7Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,
8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
8seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.
9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
9Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,
10then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
10scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
11Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.
12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
12Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.
13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
13Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me:
14what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
14quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?
15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
15Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?
16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
16Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;
17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
17si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea
18though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
18(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
19si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;
20if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
20si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est;
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
21si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem:
22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
22humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.
23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
23Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.
24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
24Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea;
25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
25si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;
26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
26si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,
27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
27et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo:
28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
28quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
29Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:
30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
30non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.
31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
31Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur?
32but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
32foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit.
33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
33Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;
34because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
34si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me: et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.
35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
35Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
36ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?
37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
37Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.
38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
38Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
39si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi:
40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
40pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.
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