Job 5
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1[Voca ergo, si est qui tibi respondeat, et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere.
1“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2Vere stultum interficit iracundia, et parvulum occidit invidia.
2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3Ego vidi stultum firma radice, et maledixi pulchritudini ejus statim.
3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4Longe fient filii ejus a salute, et conterentur in porta, et non erit qui eruat.
4His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5Cujus messem famelicus comedet, et ipsum rapiet armatus, et bibent sitientes divitias ejus.
5whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6Nihil in terra sine causa fit, et de humo non oritur dolor.
6For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7Homo nascitur ad laborem, et avis ad volatum.
7but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8Quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum, et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum:
8“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;
9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10qui dat pluviam super faciem terræ, et irrigat aquis universa;
10who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11qui ponit humiles in sublime, et mœrentes erigit sospitate;
11so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum, ne possint implere manus eorum quod cœperant;
12He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13qui apprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum, et consilium pravorum dissipat.
13He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14Per diem incurrent tenebras, et quasi in nocte, sic palpabunt in meridie.
14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15Porro salvum faciet egenum a gladio oris eorum, et de manu violenti pauperem.
15But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16Et erit egeno spes; iniquitas autem contrahet os suum.
16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17Beatus homo qui corripitur a Deo: increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes:
17“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18quia ipse vulnerat, et medetur; percutit, et manus ejus sanabunt.
18For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19In sex tribulationibus liberabit te, et in septima non tangent te malum.
19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20In fame eruet te de morte, et in bello de manu gladii.
20In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21A flagello linguæ absconderis, et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit.
21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22In vastitate et fame ridebis, et bestias terræ non formidabis.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.
23For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field 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 in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.
25You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26Ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum, sicut infertur acervus tritici in tempore suo.
26You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27Ecce hoc, ut investigavimus, ita est: quod auditum, mente pertracta.]
27Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
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