Job 19
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered:
2[Usquequo affligitis animam meam, et atteritis me sermonibus?
2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
3En decies confunditis me, et non erubescitis opprimentes me.
3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
4Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.
4Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
5At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.
5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
6Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.
6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
7Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.
7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
8Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum: et in calle meo tenebras posuit.
8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
9Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.
9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
10Destruxit me undique, et pereo: et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.
10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
11Iratus est contra me furor ejus, et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum.
11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
12Simul venerunt latrones ejus, et fecerunt sibi viam per me, et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum.
12His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
13Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.
13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
14Dereliquerunt me propinqui mei, et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei.
14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
15Inquilini domus meæ et ancillæ meæ sicut alienum habuerunt me, et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum.
15My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
16Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit: ore proprio deprecabar illum.
16I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
17Halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea, et orabam filios uteri mei.
17My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
18Stulti quoque despiciebant me: et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.
18Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
19Abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei, et quem maxime diligebam, aversatus est me.
19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
20Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.
20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.
21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
22Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?
22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro
23I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
24stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice?
24by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
25Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum:
25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
26et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum:
26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
27quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.
27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
28Quare ergo nunc dicitis: Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum?
28If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
29Fugite ergo a facie gladii, quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est: et scitote esse judicium.]
29then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
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