Job 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1Then Job answered:
2[Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.
2“Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
3Sustinete me, et ego loquar: et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari?
4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro.
5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.
6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis?
7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8Semen eorum permanet coram eis: propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.
8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos.
9Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
10Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit: vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.
10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
11Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
12Tenent tympanum et citharam, et gaudent ad sonitum organi.
12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
13Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.
13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
14Qui dixerunt Deo: Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.
14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
15Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum?
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
16Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.
16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
17Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui?
17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
18Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.
18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
19Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.
19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
20Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam, et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.
20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
21Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?
21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
22Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat?
22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix:
23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
24viscera ejus plena sunt adipe, et medullis ossa illius irrigantur:
24His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
25alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ absque ullis opibus:
25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
26et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos.
26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.
27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28Dicitis enim: Ubi est domus principis? et ubi tabernacula impiorum?
28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
29Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus, et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis:
29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
30quia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.
30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
31Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus? et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi?
31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.
32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.
33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
34Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati?]
34So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
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