Job 9
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then Job answered and said,
1Et respondens Job, ait:
2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
2[Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
3If he will contend with him, he cannot 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 hath prospered?
4Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?
5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
5Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.
7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.
8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders 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 taketh 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?
13If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do 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 words to reason 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, but I would make supplication to my judge.
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 had hearkened unto my voice.
16Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
17In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
18Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead ?
19Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say , I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
20Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
21Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
22This is one thing , therefore I said it , He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
22Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
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 not, where, and who is he?
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 post: 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 eagle that hasteth to the prey.
26Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
27Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
28Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
29If I be wicked, why then labour I 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 shalt 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, and we should come together in judgment.
32Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
33Neither is there any daysman 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 fear terrify me:
34Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
35Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
35Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.]
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