Job 15
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
2[Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?
2Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3Arguis verbis eum qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4Quantum in te est, evacuasti timorem, et tulisti preces coram Deo.
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
5Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi.
6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7Numquid primus homo tu natus es, et ante colles formatus?
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
8numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit ejus sapientia?
8Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9Quid nosti quod ignoremus? quid intelligis quod nesciamus?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
10Et senes et antiqui sunt in nobis, multo vetustiores quam patres tui.
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
11Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent.
11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
12Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans attonitos habes oculos?
12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
13Quid tumet contra Deum spiritus tuus, ut proferas de ore tuo hujuscemodi sermones?
13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
14Quid est homo ut immaculatus sit, et ut justus appareat natus de muliere?
14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15Ecce inter sanctos ejus nemo immutabilis, et cæli non sunt mundi in conspectu ejus.
15Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
16Quanto magis abominabilis et inutilis homo, qui bibit quasi aquam iniquitatem?
16How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
17Ostendam tibi: audi me: quod vidi, narrabo tibi.
17I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —
18Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos:
18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
19quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.
19Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20Cunctis diebus suis impius superbit, et numerus annorum incertus est tyrannidis ejus.
20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
21Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius: et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu ejus tenebrarum dies.
23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Terrebit eum tribulatio, et angustia vallabit eum, sicut regem qui præparatur ad prælium.
24Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25Tetendit enim adversus Deum manum suam, et contra Omnipotentem roboratus est.
25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
26Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.
26He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
27Operuit faciem ejus crassitudo, et de lateribus ejus arvina dependet.
27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
28Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
29Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia ejus, nec mittet in terra radicem suam.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
30Non recedet de tenebris: ramos ejus arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
31Non credet, frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
32Antequam dies ejus impleantur peribit, et manus ejus arescent.
32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
33Lædetur quasi vinea in primo flore botrus ejus, et quasi oliva projiciens florem suum.
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34Congregatio enim hypocritæ sterilis, et ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum qui munera libenter accipiunt.
34For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
35Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus ejus præparat dolos.]
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
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