Job 36
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Addens quoque Eliu, hæc locutus est:
1Elihu also continued, and said,
2[Sustine me paululum, et indicabo tibi: adhuc enim habeo quod pro Deo loquar.
2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
3Repetam scientiam meam a principio, et operatorem meum probabo justum.
3I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4Vere enim absque mendacio sermones mei, et perfecta scientia probabitur tibi.
4For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5Deus potentes non abjicit, cum et ipse sit potens:
5“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6sed non salvat impios, et judicium pauperibus tribuit.
6He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
7Non auferet a justo oculos suos: et reges in solio collocat in perpetuum, et illi eriguntur.
7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8Et si fuerint in catenis, et vinciantur funibus paupertatis,
8If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
9indicabit eis opera eorum, et scelera eorum, quia violenti fuerunt.
9then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10Revelabit quoque aurem eorum, ut corripiat: et loquetur, ut revertantur ab iniquitate.
10He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11Si audierint et observaverint, complebunt dies suos in bono, et annos suos in gloria:
11If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12si autem non audierint, transibunt per gladium, et consumentur in stultitia.
12But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
13Simulatores et callidi provocant iram Dei, neque clamabunt cum vincti fuerint.
13“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
14Morietur in tempestate anima eorum, et vita eorum inter effeminatos.
14They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
15Eripiet de angustia sua pauperem, et revelabit in tribulatione aurem ejus.
15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
16Igitur salvabit te de ore angusto latissime, et non habente fundamentum subter se: requies autem mensæ tuæ erit plena pinguedine.
16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17Causa tua quasi impii judicata est: causam judiciumque recipies.
17“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18Non te ergo superet ira ut aliquem opprimas: nec multitudo donorum inclinet te.
18Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19Depone magnitudinem tuam absque tribulatione, et omnes robustos fortitudine.
19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20Ne protrahas noctem, ut ascendant populi pro eis.
20Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21Cave ne declines ad iniquitatem: hanc enim cœpisti sequi post miseriam.
21Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22Ecce Deus excelsus in fortitudine sua, et nullus ei similis in legislatoribus.
22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23Quis poterit scrutari vias ejus? aut quis potest ei dicere: Operatus es iniquitatem?
23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
24Memento quod ignores opus ejus, de quo cecinerunt viri.
24“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
25Omnes homines vident eum: unusquisque intuetur procul.
25All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
26Ecce Deus magnus vincens scientiam nostram: numerus annorum ejus inæstimabilis.
26Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
27Qui aufert stillas pluviæ, et effundit imbres ad instar gurgitum,
27For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
28qui de nubibus fluunt quæ prætexunt cuncta desuper.
28which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
29Si voluerit extendere nubes quasi tentorium suum,
29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
30et fulgurare lumine suo desuper, cardines quoque maris operiet.
30Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
31Per hæc enim judicat populos, et dat escas multis mortalibus.
31For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
32In manibus abscondit lucem, et præcepit ei ut rursus adveniat.
32He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
33Annuntiat de ea amico suo, quod possessio ejus sit, et ad eam possit ascendere.]
33Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
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