Job 14
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis.
1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
2Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet.
2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos, et adducere eum tecum in judicium?
3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
4Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine? nonne tu qui solus es?
4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
5Breves dies hominis sunt: numerus mensium ejus apud te est: constituisti terminos ejus, qui præteriri non poterunt.
5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
6Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.
6look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
7Lignum habet spem: si præcisum fuerit, rursum virescit, et rami ejus pullulant.
7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
8Si senuerit in terra radix ejus, et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,
8If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
9ad odorem aquæ germinabit, et faciet comam, quasi cum primum plantatum est.
9at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
10Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est?
10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
11Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat:
11As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
12sic homo, cum dormierit, non resurget: donec atteratur cælum, non evigilabit, nec consurget de somno suo.
12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
13Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei?
13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
14Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat? cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.
14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
15Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi: operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.
15You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
16Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti: sed parce peccatis meis.
16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
17Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.
17My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
18Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo:
18But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
19lapides excavant aquæ, et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur: et hominem ergo similiter perdes.
19as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
20Roborasti eum paululum, ut in perpetuum transiret: immutabis faciem ejus, et emittes eum.
20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
21Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus, sive ignobiles, non intelliget.
21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
22Attamen caro ejus, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.]
22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
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