Job 6
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1But Job answered and said,
2[Utinam appenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui, et calamitas quam patior, in statera !
2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3Quasi arena maris hæc gravior appareret; unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena:
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4quia sagittæ Domini in me sunt, quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum; et terrores Domini militant contra me.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5Numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam? aut mugiet bos cum ante præsepe plenum steterit?
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6aut poterit comedi insulsum, quod non est sale conditum? aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum affert mortem?
6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7Quæ prius nolebat tangere anima mea, nunc, præ angustia, cibi mei sunt.
7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8Quis det ut veniat petitio mea, et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus?
8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9et qui cœpit, ipse me conterat; solvat manum suam, et succidat me?
9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10Et hæc mihi sit consolatio, ut affligens me dolore, non parcat, nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti.
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11Quæ est enim fortitudo mea, ut sustineam? aut quis finis meus, ut patienter agam?
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12Nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea, nec caro mea ænea est.
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13Ecce non est auxilium mihi in me, et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me.
13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14Qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam, timorem Domini derelinquit.
14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15Fratres mei præterierunt me, sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus.
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16Qui timent pruinam, irruet super eos nix.
16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17Tempore quo fuerint dissipati, peribunt; et ut incaluerit, solventur de loco suo.
17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18Involutæ sunt semitæ gressuum eorum; ambulabunt in vacuum, et peribunt.
18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19Considerate semitas Thema, itinera Saba, et expectate paulisper.
19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20Confusi sunt, quia speravi: venerunt quoque usque ad me, et pudore cooperti sunt.
20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21Nunc venistis; et modo videntes plagam meam, timetis.
21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
22Numquid dixi: Afferte mihi, et de substantia vestra donate mihi?
22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23vel: Liberate me de manu hostis, et de manu robustorum eruite me?
23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24Docete me, et ego tacebo: et si quid forte ignoravi, instruite me.
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25Quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis, cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere me?
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26Ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis, et in ventum verba profertis.
26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27Super pupillum irruitis, et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum.
27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28Verumtamen quod cœpistis explete: præbete aurem, et videte an mentiar.
28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29Respondete, obsecro, absque contentione; et loquentes id quod justum est, judicate.
29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30Et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem, nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit.]
30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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