Job 37
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1[Super hoc expavit cor meum, et emotum est de loco suo.
1At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.
2Audite auditionem in terrore vocis ejus, et sonum de ore illius procedentem.
2Hear ye attentively the terror of his voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth.
3Subter omnes cælos ipse considerat, et lumen illius super terminos terræ.
3He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.
4Post eum rugiet sonitus; tonabit voce magnitudinis suæ: et non investigabitur, cum audita fuerit vox ejus.
4After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.
5Tonabit Deus in voce sua mirabiliter, qui facit magna et inscrutabilia;
5God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things.
6qui præcipit nivi ut descendat in terram, et hiemis pluviis, et imbri fortitudinis suæ;
6He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.
7qui in manu omnium hominum signat, ut noverint singuli opera sua.
7He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works.
8Ingredietur bestia latibulum, et in antro suo morabitur.
8Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den.
9Ab interioribus egredietur tempestas, et ab Arcturo frigus.
9Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north.
10Flante Deo, concrescit gelu, et rursum latissimæ funduntur aquæ.
10When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.
11Frumentum desiderat nubes, et nubes spargunt lumen suum.
11Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light:
12Quæ lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne quod præceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum:
12Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:
13sive in una tribu, sive in terra sua, sive in quocumque loco misericordiæ suæ eas jusserit inveniri.
13Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.
14Ausculta hæc, Job: sta, et considera mirabilia Dei.
14Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15Numquid scis quando præceperit Deus pluviis, ut ostenderent lucem nubium ejus?
15Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds?
16Numquid nosti semitas nubium magnas, et perfectas scientias?
16Knowest thou the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect knowledges?
17Nonne vestimenta tua calida sunt, cum perflata fuerit terra austro?
17Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?
18Tu forsitan cum eo fabricatus es cælos, qui solidissimi quasi ære fusi sunt.
18Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.
19Ostende nobis quid dicamus illi: nos quippe involvimur tenebris.
19Shew us what we may say to him: for we are wrapped up in darkness.
20Quis narrabit ei quæ loquor? etiam si locutus fuerit homo, devorabitur.
20Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.
21At nunc non vident lucem: subito aër cogetur in nubes, et ventus transiens fugabit eas.
21But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.
22Ab aquilone aurum venit, et ad Deum formidolosa laudatio.
22Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear.
23Digne eum invenire non possumus: magnus fortitudine, et judicio, et justitia: et enarrari non potest.
23We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.
24Ideo timebunt eum viri, et non audebunt contemplari omnes qui sibi videntur esse sapientes.]
24Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him.
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