Job 22
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2[Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?
2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
3Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?
3Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
4Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,
4Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
5et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?
5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
6Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.
6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
7Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.
7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
8In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram, et potentissimus obtinebas eam.
8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
9Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.
9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
10Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.
10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
11Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?
11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?
12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.
13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.
14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,
15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
16qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?
16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
17Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,
17They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
18cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.
18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
19Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:
19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
20nonne succisa est erectio eorum? et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?
20‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
21Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem, et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.
21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
22Suscipe ex ore illius legem, et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.
22Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
23Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis, et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
24Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.
24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
25Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.
25then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
26Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues, et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.
26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
27Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.
27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
28Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.
28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
29Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.
29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
30Salvabitur innocens: salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.]
30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
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