Job 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then Job answered and said:
1Et respondens Job, ait:
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
2[Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
3Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
4Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
5Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
10Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
11Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
12Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis?
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
13Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
14Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
15qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
16Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
17In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
18Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
19Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
20Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
21Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
22Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
23Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
24Terra data est in manus impii; vultum judicum ejus operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est?
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
25Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
26Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
27Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
28Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
29Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
30Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
32Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
34Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
35Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.]
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