Job 27
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
2[Vivit Deus, qui abstulit judicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.
2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,
3Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,
3As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
4non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.
4My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
5Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.
5God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.
6Justificationem meam, quam cœpi tenere, non deseram: neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.
6My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.
7Sit ut impius, inimicus meus, et adversarius meus quasi iniquus.
7Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.
8Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ, si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam ejus?
8For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
9Numquid Deus audiet clamorem ejus, cum venerit super eum angustia?
9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
10aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?
10Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
11Docebo vos per manum Dei quæ Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.
11I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.
12Ecce vos omnes nostis: et quid sine causa vana loquimini?
12Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?
13Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.
13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14Si multiplicati fuerint filii ejus, in gladio erunt, et nepotes ejus non saturabuntur pane:
14If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
15qui reliqui fuerint ex eo sepelientur in interitu, et viduæ illius non plorabunt.
15They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.
16Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta:
16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
17præparabit quidem, sed justus vestietur illis, et argentum innocens dividet.
17He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.
18He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.
19Dives, cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.
19The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.
20Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia: nocte opprimet eum tempestas.
20Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.
21Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.
21A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.
22Et mittet super eum, et non parcet: de manu ejus fugiens fugiet.
22And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.
23Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum ejus.]
23He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.
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