Job 24
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1[Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius.
1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?
2Alii terminos transtulerunt; diripuerunt greges, et paverunt eos.
2There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4Subverterunt pauperum viam, et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terræ.
4They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum: vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis.
5Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; the desert yieldeth them bread for their children.
6Agrum non suum demetunt, et vineam ejus, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant.
6They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.
7Nudos dimittunt homines, indumenta tollentes, quibus non est operimentum in frigore:
7They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8quos imbres montium rigant, et non habentes velamen, amplexantur lapides.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt.
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;
10Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, et esurientibus tulerunt spicas.
10So that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves;
11Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt.
11They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, et anima vulneratorum clamavit: et Deus inultum abire non patitur.
12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.
13Ipsi fuerunt rebelles lumini: nescierunt vias ejus, nec reversi sunt per semitas ejus.
13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14Mane primo consurgit homicida; interficit egenum et pauperem: per noctem vero erit quasi fur.
14The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
15Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens: Non me videbit oculus: et operiet vultum suum.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying: 'No eye shall see me'; and he putteth a covering on his face.
16Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.
16In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.
17Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis: et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant.
17For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
18Levis est super faciem aquæ: maledicta sit pars ejus in terra, nec ambulet per viam vinearum.
18He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
19Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, et usque ad inferos peccatum illius.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.
20Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.
20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree.
21Pavit enim sterilem quæ non parit, et viduæ bene non fecit.
21He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
22Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua, et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ.
22He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.
23Dedit ei Deus locum pœnitentiæ, et ille abutitur eo in superbiam: oculi autem ejus sunt in viis illius.
23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon 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 little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, and wither as the tops of the ears of corn.
25Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, et ponere ante Deum verba mea?]
25And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.