Job 20
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2[Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur.
2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam, et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.
3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4Hoc scio a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram,
4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5quod laus impiorum brevis sit, et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.
5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, et qui eum viderant, dicent: Ubi est?
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8Velut somnium avolans non invenietur: transiet sicut visio nocturna.
8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.
9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10Filii ejus atterentur egestate, et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.
10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.
11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
13Parcet illi, et non derelinquet illud, et celabit in gutture suo.
13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.
14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15Divitias quas devoravit evomet, et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.
16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
17(Non videat rivulos fluminis, torrentes mellis et butyri.)
17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur: juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.
18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be , and he shall not rejoice therein .
19Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes: domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.
19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20Nec est satiatus venter ejus: et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit.
20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21Non remansit de cibo ejus, et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.
21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur: æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum.
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23Utinam impleatur venter ejus, ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui, et pluat super illum bellum suum.
23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
24Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, et fulgurans in amaritudine sua: vadent et venient super eum horribiles.
25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus; devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur: affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.
26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.
27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28Apertum erit germen domus illius: detrahetur in die furoris Dei.
28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo, et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.]
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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