Job 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1But Job answered and said,
2[Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.
2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3Sustinete me, et ego loquar: et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari?
4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so , why should not my spirit be troubled?
5Attendite me et obstupescite, et superponite digitum ori vestro.
5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco, et concutit carnem meam tremor.
6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis?
7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8Semen eorum permanet coram eis: propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.
8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ, et non est virga Dei super illos.
9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit: vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.
10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.
11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12Tenent tympanum et citharam, et gaudent ad sonitum organi.
12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13Ducunt in bonis dies suos, et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14Qui dixerunt Deo: Recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.
14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum?
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.
16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui?
17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti, et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.
19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it .
20Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam, et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?
21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat?
22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
23Iste moritur robustus et sanus, dives et felix:
23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24viscera ejus plena sunt adipe, et medullis ossa illius irrigantur:
24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ absque ullis opibus:
25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos.
26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27Certe novi cogitationes vestras, et sententias contra me iniquas.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28Dicitis enim: Ubi est domus principis? et ubi tabernacula impiorum?
28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
29Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus, et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis:
29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30quia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.
30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus? et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi?
31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur, et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.
32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti, et post se omnem hominem trahet, et ante se innumerabiles.
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati?]
34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
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