Job 9
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Et respondens Job, ait:
1Then Job answered and said,
2[Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.
6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.
7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.
10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.
11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis?
12Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.
13If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?
14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead ?
20Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say , I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
22This is one thing , therefore I said it , He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.
23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial 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 covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.
25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?
29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.
31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.
33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.]
35Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
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