Job 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
1Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
2[Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui?
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
3Numquid Deus supplantat judicium? aut Omnipotens subvertit quod justum est?
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
4Etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suæ:
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
5tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum, et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus;
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
6si mundus et rectus incesseris: statim evigilabit ad te, et pacatum reddet habitaculum justitiæ tuæ,
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
7in tantum ut si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
8Interroga enim generationem pristinam, et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
9(hesterni quippe sumus, et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram),
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
10et ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi, et de corde suo proferent eloquia.
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
11Numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore? aut crescere carectum sine aqua?
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
12Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
13Sic viæ omnium qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes hypocritæ peribit.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
14Non ei placebit vecordia sua, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia ejus.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
15Innitetur super domum suam, et non stabit; fulciet eam, et non consurget.
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
16Humectus videtur antequam veniat sol, et in ortu suo germen ejus egredietur.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
17Super acervum petrarum radices ejus densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
18Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum, et dicet: Non novi te.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
19Hæc est enim lætitia viæ ejus, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
20Deus non projiciet simplicem, nec porriget manum malignis,
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
21donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua jubilo.
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
22Qui oderunt te induentur confusione, et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet.]
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