Job 9
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Et respondens Job, ait:
1Then Job answered:
2[Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.
6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.
7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
8Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.
10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.
11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis?
12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.
13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.
15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?
20Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.
23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24Terra data est in manus impii; vultum judicum ejus operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est?
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.
25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?
29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,
30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.
31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.
33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.]
35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
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