Job 11
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2[Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet? aut vir verbosus justificabitur?
2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
3Tibi soli tacebunt homines? et cum ceteros irriseris, a nullo confutaberis?
3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
4Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.
4You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
5Atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum, et aperiret labia sua tibi,
5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
6ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiæ, et quod multiplex esset lex ejus: et intelligeres quod multo minora exigaris ab eo quam meretur iniquitas tua !
6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
7Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes, et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies?
7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
8Excelsior cælo est, et quid facies? profundior inferno, et unde cognosces?
8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9Longior terra mensura ejus, et latior mari.
9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
10Si subverterit omnia, vel in unum coarctaverit, quis contradicet ei?
10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
11Ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem; et videns iniquitatem, nonne considerat?
11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
12Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
13Tu autem firmasti cor tuum, et expandisti ad eum manus tuas.
13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
14Si iniquitatem quæ est in manu tua abstuleris a te, et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo injustitia,
14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
15tunc levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula; et eris stabilis, et non timebis.
15then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
16Miseriæ quoque oblivisceris, et quasi aquarum quæ præterierunt recordaberis.
16For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam; et cum te consumptum putaveris, orieris ut lucifer.
17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
18Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe: et defossus securus dormies.
18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
19Requiesces, et non erit qui te exterreat; et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi.
19You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
20Oculi autem impiorum deficient, et effugium peribit ab eis: et spes illorum abominatio animæ.]
20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
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