Job 37
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Super hoc expavit cor meum, et emotum est de loco suo.
1“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
2Audite auditionem in terrore vocis ejus, et sonum de ore illius procedentem.
2Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
3Subter omnes cælos ipse considerat, et lumen illius super terminos terræ.
3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4Post eum rugiet sonitus; tonabit voce magnitudinis suæ: et non investigabitur, cum audita fuerit vox ejus.
4Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
5Tonabit Deus in voce sua mirabiliter, qui facit magna et inscrutabilia;
5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
6qui præcipit nivi ut descendat in terram, et hiemis pluviis, et imbri fortitudinis suæ;
6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
7qui in manu omnium hominum signat, ut noverint singuli opera sua.
7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
8Ingredietur bestia latibulum, et in antro suo morabitur.
8The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
9Ab interioribus egredietur tempestas, et ab Arcturo frigus.
9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
10Flante Deo, concrescit gelu, et rursum latissimæ funduntur aquæ.
10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
11Frumentum desiderat nubes, et nubes spargunt lumen suum.
11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
12Quæ lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne quod præceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum:
12They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
13sive in una tribu, sive in terra sua, sive in quocumque loco misericordiæ suæ eas jusserit inveniri.
13Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.
14Ausculta hæc, Job: sta, et considera mirabilia Dei.
14Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
15Numquid scis quando præceperit Deus pluviis, ut ostenderent lucem nubium ejus?
15Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
16Numquid nosti semitas nubium magnas, et perfectas scientias?
16Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
17Nonne vestimenta tua calida sunt, cum perflata fuerit terra austro?
17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
18Tu forsitan cum eo fabricatus es cælos, qui solidissimi quasi ære fusi sunt.
18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
19Ostende nobis quid dicamus illi: nos quippe involvimur tenebris.
19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
20Quis narrabit ei quæ loquor? etiam si locutus fuerit homo, devorabitur.
20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?
21At nunc non vident lucem: subito aër cogetur in nubes, et ventus transiens fugabit eas.
21Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22Ab aquilone aurum venit, et ad Deum formidolosa laudatio.
22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
23Digne eum invenire non possumus: magnus fortitudine, et judicio, et justitia: et enarrari non potest.
23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
24Ideo timebunt eum viri, et non audebunt contemplari omnes qui sibi videntur esse sapientes.]
24Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
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