Job 13
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.
1[Ecce omnia hæc vidit oculus meus, et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula.
2According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.
2Secundum scientiam vestram et ego novi: nec inferior vestri sum.
3But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
3Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, et disputare cum Deo cupio:
4Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
4prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii, et cultores perversorum dogmatum.
5And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.
5Atque utinam taceretis, ut putaremini esse sapientes.
6Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
6Audite ergo correptionem meam, et judicium labiorum meorum attendite.
7Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?
7Numquid Deus indiget vestro mendacio, ut pro illo loquamini dolos?
8Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?
8numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini?
9Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?
9aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis?
10He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.
10Ipse vos arguet, quoniam in abscondito faciem ejus accipitis.
11As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.
11Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, et terror ejus irruet super vos.
12Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.
12Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri, et redigentur in lutum cervices vestræ.
13Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
13Tacete paulisper, ut loquar quodcumque mihi mens suggesserit.
14Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?
14Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, et animam meam porto in manibus meis?
15Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.
15Etiam si occiderit me, in ipso sperabo: verumtamen vias meas in conspectu ejus arguam.
16And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.
16Et ipse erit salvator meus: non enim veniet in conspectu ejus omnis hypocrita.
17Hear ye my speech, and receive with Sour ears hidden truths.
17Audite sermonem meum, et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris.
18If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.
18Si fuero judicatus, scio quod justus inveniar.
19Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?
19Quis est qui judicetur mecum? veniat: quare tacens consumor?
20Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:
20Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar:
21Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.
21manum tuam longe fac a me, et formido tua non me terreat.
22Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.
22Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi: aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi.
23How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offences.
23Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata? scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi.
24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
24Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?
25Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.
25Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris:
26For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.
26scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ.
27Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:
27Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, et observasti omnes semitas meas, et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti:
28Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.
28qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.]
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