Job 20
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2[Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur.
2“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam, et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.
3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
4Hoc scio a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram,
4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
5quod laus impiorum brevis sit, et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.
5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,
6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, et qui eum viderant, dicent: Ubi est?
7yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8Velut somnium avolans non invenietur: transiet sicut visio nocturna.
8He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.
9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10Filii ejus atterentur egestate, et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.
10His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
11Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.
11His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
12Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.
12“Though wickedness is 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 will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
14Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.
14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
15Divitias quas devoravit evomet, et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.
15He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
16Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.
16He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17(Non videat rivulos fluminis, torrentes mellis et butyri.)
17He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur: juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.
18He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes: domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.
19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20Nec est satiatus venter ejus: et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit.
20“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21Non remansit de cibo ejus, et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.
21There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur: æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum.
22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on 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 will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
24Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.
24He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
25Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, et fulgurans in amaritudine sua: vadent et venient super eum horribiles.
25He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
26Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus; devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur: affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.
26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
27Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.
27The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
28Apertum erit germen domus illius: detrahetur in die furoris Dei.
28The increase of his house will depart. They will rush 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, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
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