Job 24
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius.
1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
2Alii terminos transtulerunt; diripuerunt greges, et paverunt eos.
2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ.
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4Subverterunt pauperum viam, et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terræ.
4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum: vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis.
5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
6Agrum non suum demetunt, et vineam ejus, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant.
6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7Nudos dimittunt homines, indumenta tollentes, quibus non est operimentum in frigore:
7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
8quos imbres montium rigant, et non habentes velamen, amplexantur lapides.
8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
9Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt.
9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
10Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, et esurientibus tulerunt spicas.
10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt.
11They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, et anima vulneratorum clamavit: et Deus inultum abire non patitur.
12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13Ipsi fuerunt rebelles lumini: nescierunt vias ejus, nec reversi sunt per semitas ejus.
13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14Mane primo consurgit homicida; interficit egenum et pauperem: per noctem vero erit quasi fur.
14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens: Non me videbit oculus: et operiet vultum suum.
15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis: et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant.
17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18Levis est super faciem aquæ: maledicta sit pars ejus in terra, nec ambulet per viam vinearum.
18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, et usque ad inferos peccatum illius.
19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
20Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.
20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
21Pavit enim sterilem quæ non parit, et viduæ bene non fecit.
21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua, et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ.
22Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
23Dedit ei Deus locum pœnitentiæ, et ille abutitur eo in superbiam: oculi autem ejus sunt in viis illius.
23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24Elevati sunt ad modicum, et non subsistent: et humiliabuntur sicut omnia, et auferentur, et sicut summitates spicarum conterentur.
24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
25Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, et ponere ante Deum verba mea?]
25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
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