Job 22
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2[Numquid Deo potest comparari homo, etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?
2“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?
3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?
4Numquid timens arguet te, et veniet tecum in judicium,
4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
5et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam, et infinitas iniquitates tuas?
5Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
6Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa, et nudos spoliasti vestibus.
6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7Aquam lasso non dedisti, et esurienti subtraxisti panem.
7You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
8In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram, et potentissimus obtinebas eam.
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
9Viduas dimisisti vacuas, et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.
9You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Propterea circumdatus es laqueis, et conturbat te formido subita.
10Therefore snares are around you. Sudden fear troubles you,
11Et putabas te tenebras non visurum, et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?
11or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.
12an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.
13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum, et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?
16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
18cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.
18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur, et innocens subsannabit eos:
19The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,
20nonne succisa est erectio eorum? et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?
20saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem, et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.
21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
22Suscipe ex ore illius legem, et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.
22Please receive 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 built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.
24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos, et argentum coacervabitur tibi.
25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues, et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.
26For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
27Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te, et vota tua reddes.
27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
28Decernes rem, et veniet tibi, et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.
28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.
29Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria, et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.
29When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.
30Salvabitur innocens: salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.]
30He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.