Job 15
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
1Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
2“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
2[Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?
3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
3Arguis verbis eum qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
4Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
4Quantum in te est, evacuasti timorem, et tulisti preces coram Deo.
5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
5Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.
6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
6Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi.
7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
7Numquid primus homo tu natus es, et ante colles formatus?
8Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
8numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit ejus sapientia?
9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
9Quid nosti quod ignoremus? quid intelligis quod nesciamus?
10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
10Et senes et antiqui sunt in nobis, multo vetustiores quam patres tui.
11Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
11Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent.
12Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
12Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans attonitos habes oculos?
13that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
13Quid tumet contra Deum spiritus tuus, ut proferas de ore tuo hujuscemodi sermones?
14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
14Quid est homo ut immaculatus sit, et ut justus appareat natus de muliere?
15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
15Ecce inter sanctos ejus nemo immutabilis, et cæli non sunt mundi in conspectu ejus.
16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
16Quanto magis abominabilis et inutilis homo, qui bibit quasi aquam iniquitatem?
17“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
17Ostendam tibi: audi me: quod vidi, narrabo tibi.
18(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
18Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos:
19to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):
19quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.
20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
20Cunctis diebus suis impius superbit, et numerus annorum incertus est tyrannidis ejus.
21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
21Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius: et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
22He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
22Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.
23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
23Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu ejus tenebrarum dies.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
24Terrebit eum tribulatio, et angustia vallabit eum, sicut regem qui præparatur ad prælium.
25Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
25Tetendit enim adversus Deum manum suam, et contra Omnipotentem roboratus est.
26he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
26Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.
27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
27Operuit faciem ejus crassitudo, et de lateribus ejus arvina dependet.
28He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
28Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.
29He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
29Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia ejus, nec mittet in terra radicem suam.
30He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
30Non recedet de tenebris: ramos ejus arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.
31Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
31Non credet, frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
32It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
32Antequam dies ejus impleantur peribit, et manus ejus arescent.
33He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
33Lædetur quasi vinea in primo flore botrus ejus, et quasi oliva projiciens florem suum.
34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
34Congregatio enim hypocritæ sterilis, et ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum qui munera libenter accipiunt.
35They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
35Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus ejus præparat dolos.]
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