Job 33
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Audi igitur, Job, eloquia mea, et omnes sermones meos ausculta.
1“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2Ecce aperui os meum: loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.
2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3Simplici corde meo sermones mei, et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.
3My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
4Spiritus Dei fecit me, et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.
4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5Si potes, responde mihi, et adversus faciem meam consiste.
5If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
6Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus, et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.
6Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
7Verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat, et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis.
7Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
8Dixisti ergo in auribus meis, et vocem verborum tuorum audivi:
8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
9Mundus sum ego, et absque delicto: immaculatus, et non est iniquitas in me.
9‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10Quia querelas in me reperit, ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi.
10Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11Posuit in nervo pedes meos; custodivit omnes semitas meas.
11He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
12Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus: respondebo tibi, quia major sit Deus homine.
12“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
13Adversus eum contendis, quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi?
13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
14Semel loquitur Deus, et secundo idipsum non repetit.
14For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
15Per somnium, in visione nocturna, quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo,
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
16tunc aperit aures virorum, et erudiens eos instruit disciplina,
16then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17ut avertat hominem ab his quæ facit, et liberet eum de superbia,
17that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18eruens animam ejus a corruptione, et vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium.
18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo, et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit.
19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
20Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.
20so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21Tabescet caro ejus, et ossa, quæ tecta fuerant, nudabuntur.
21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
22Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus, et vita illius mortiferis.
22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23Si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens, unus de millibus, ut annuntiet hominis æquitatem,
23“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
24miserebitur ejus, et dicet: Libera eum, ut non descendat in corruptionem: inveni in quo ei propitier.
24then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
25Consumpta est caro ejus a suppliciis: revertatur ad dies adolescentiæ suæ.
25His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
26Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit: et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo, et reddet homini justitiam suam.
26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27Respiciet homines, et dicet: Peccavi, et vere deliqui, et ut eram dignus, non recepi.
27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
28Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum, sed vivens lucem videret.
28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
29Ecce hæc omnia operatur Deus tribus vicibus per singulos,
29“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
30ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione, et illuminet luce viventium.
30to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31Attende, Job, et audi me: et tace, dum ego loquor.
31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32Si autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi: loquere, volo enim te apparere justum.
32If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33Quod si non habes, audi me: tace, et docebo te sapientiam.]
33If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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