Job 11
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2[Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet? aut vir verbosus justificabitur?
2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3Tibi soli tacebunt homines? et cum ceteros irriseris, a nullo confutaberis?
3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.
4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5Atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum, et aperiret labia sua tibi,
5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiæ, et quod multiplex esset lex ejus: et intelligeres quod multo minora exigaris ab eo quam meretur iniquitas tua !
6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth .
7Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes, et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies?
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8Excelsior cælo est, et quid facies? profundior inferno, et unde cognosces?
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9Longior terra mensura ejus, et latior mari.
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10Si subverterit omnia, vel in unum coarctaverit, quis contradicet ei?
10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11Ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem; et videns iniquitatem, nonne considerat?
11For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it ?
12Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur, et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
13Tu autem firmasti cor tuum, et expandisti ad eum manus tuas.
13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14Si iniquitatem quæ est in manu tua abstuleris a te, et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo injustitia,
14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15tunc levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula; et eris stabilis, et non timebis.
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16Miseriæ quoque oblivisceris, et quasi aquarum quæ præterierunt recordaberis.
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam; et cum te consumptum putaveris, orieris ut lucifer.
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe: et defossus securus dormies.
18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19Requiesces, et non erit qui te exterreat; et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi.
19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20Oculi autem impiorum deficient, et effugium peribit ab eis: et spes illorum abominatio animæ.]
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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