Job 27
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And Job again took up his parable, and said:
1Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
2As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;
2[Vivit Deus, qui abstulit judicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.
3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
3Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,
4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;
4non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.
5Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
5Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
6Justificationem meam, quam cœpi tenere, non deseram: neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
7Sit ut impius, inimicus meus, et adversarius meus quasi iniquus.
8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
8Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ, si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam ejus?
9Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
9Numquid Deus audiet clamorem ejus, cum venerit super eum angustia?
10Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
10aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?
11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
11Docebo vos per manum Dei quæ Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.
12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
12Ecce vos omnes nostis: et quid sine causa vana loquimini?
13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
13Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.
14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.
14Si multiplicati fuerint filii ejus, in gladio erunt, et nepotes ejus non saturabuntur pane:
15Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
15qui reliqui fuerint ex eo sepelientur in interitu, et viduæ illius non plorabunt.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
16Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta:
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
17præparabit quidem, sed justus vestietur illis, et argentum innocens dividet.
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
18Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.
19He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.
19Dives, cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.
20Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
20Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia: nocte opprimet eum tempestas.
21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
21Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.
22Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.
22Et mittet super eum, et non parcet: de manu ejus fugiens fugiet.
23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
23Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum ejus.]
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