Job 16
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered:
2[Audivi frequenter talia: consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis.
2“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa? aut aliquid tibi molestum est, si loquaris?
3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
4Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea:
4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
5consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, et moverem caput meum super vos;
5But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
6roborarem vos ore meo, et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis.
6Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7Sed quid agam? Si locutus fuero, non quiescet dolor meus, et si tacuero, non recedet a me.
7Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus, et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei.
8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me, et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam, contradicens mihi.
9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
10Collegit furorem suum in me, et comminans mihi, infremuit contra me dentibus suis: hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.
10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
11Aperuerunt super me ora sua, et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam: satiati sunt pœnis meis.
11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
12Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, et manibus impiorum me tradidit.
12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
13Ego ille quondam opulentus, repente contritus sum: tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me, et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.
13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
14Circumdedit me lanceis suis; convulneravit lumbos meos: non pepercit, et effudit in terra viscera mea.
14He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
15Concidit me vulnere super vulnus: irruit in me quasi gigas.
15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
16Saccum consui super cutem meam, et operui cinere carnem meam.
16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
17Facies mea intumuit a fletu, et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt.
17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.
18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
19Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus:
19Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20ecce enim in cælo testis meus, et conscius meus in excelsis.
20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
21Verbosi amici mei: ad Deum stillat oculus meus:
21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
22atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo, quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.
22For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
23Ecce enim breves anni transeunt, et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.]
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