Job 5
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.
1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2Vere stultum interficit iracundia, et parvulum occidit invidia.
2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3Ego vidi stultum firma radice, et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.
3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.
4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5Cujus messem famelicus comedet, et ipsum rapiet armatus, et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.
5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6Nihil in terra sine causa fit, et de humo non oritur dolor.
6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.
7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum, et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:
8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
9qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;
9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ, et irrigat aquis universa;
10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
11qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate;
11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
12qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum, ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;
12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
13qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum, et consilium pravorum dissipat.
13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
14Per diem incurrent tenebras, et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.
14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
15Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
16Et erit egeno spes; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.
16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo: increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:
17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.
18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19In sex tribulationibus liberabit te, et in septima non tangent te malum.
19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20In fame eruet te de morte, et in bello de manu gladii.
20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21A flagello linguæ absconderis, et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.
21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
22In vastitate et fame ridebis, et bestias terræ non formidabis.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.
23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24Et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum; et visitans speciem tuam, non peccabis.
24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
25Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.
25You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum, sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.
26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus, ita est: quod auditum, mente pertracta.]
27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
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