Job 29
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
1And Job continued his discourse:
2[Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?
2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum, et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:
3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
4sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ, quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:
4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
5quando erat Omnipotens mecum, et in circuitu meo pueri mei:
5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:
6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7quando procedebam ad portam civitatis, et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.
7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur: et senes assurgentes stabant.
8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
9Principes cessabant loqui, et digitum superponebant ori suo.
9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
10Vocem suam cohibebant duces, et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.
10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11Auris audiens beatificabat me, et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:
11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem, et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.
12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, et cor viduæ consolatus sum.
13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14Justitia indutus sum, et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
15Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.
15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.
16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.
17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.
18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea.
19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20Gloria mea semper innovabitur, et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.
20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam, et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.
21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22Verbis meis addere nihil audebant, et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.
22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.
23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant: et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.
24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus: cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu, eram tamen mœrentium consolator.]
25I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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