Job 8
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2[Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui?
2“How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3Numquid Deus supplantat judicium? aut Omnipotens subvertit quod justum est?
3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4Etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suæ:
4If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
5tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum, et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus;
5If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
6si mundus et rectus incesseris: statim evigilabit ad te, et pacatum reddet habitaculum justitiæ tuæ,
6If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
7in tantum ut si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
7Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
8Interroga enim generationem pristinam, et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam
8“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
9(hesterni quippe sumus, et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram),
9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
10et ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi, et de corde suo proferent eloquia.
10Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
11Numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore? aut crescere carectum sine aqua?
11“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
12Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.
12While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
13Sic viæ omnium qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes hypocritæ peribit.
13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
14Non ei placebit vecordia sua, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia ejus.
14whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.
15Innitetur super domum suam, et non stabit; fulciet eam, et non consurget.
15He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.
16Humectus videtur antequam veniat sol, et in ortu suo germen ejus egredietur.
16He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.
17Super acervum petrarum radices ejus densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.
17His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
18Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum, et dicet: Non novi te.
18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
19Hæc est enim lætitia viæ ejus, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.
20Deus non projiciet simplicem, nec porriget manum malignis,
20“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
21donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua jubilo.
21He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
22Qui oderunt te induentur confusione, et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet.]
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
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