Job 31
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.
6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.
8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
10scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me:
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18(quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
19si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est;
20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem:
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.
23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea;
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo:
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.
30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur?
31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit.
32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
33Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me: et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,
35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi:
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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