KJV ¹ But Job answered and said,

VULC ¹ Respondens autem Job, dixit :

KJV ² Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

VULC ² [Audite, quæso, sermones meos,
et agite pœnitentiam.

KJV ³ Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

VULC ³ Sustinete me, et ego loquar :
et post mea, si videbitur, verba, ridete.

KJV ⁴ As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

VULC ⁴ Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est,
ut merito non debeam contristari ?

KJV ⁵ Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

VULC ⁵ Attendite me et obstupescite,
et superponite digitum ori vestro.

KJV ⁶ Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

VULC ⁶ Et ego, quando recordatus fuero, pertimesco,
et concutit carnem meam tremor.

KJV ⁷ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

VULC ⁷ Quare ergo impii vivunt,
sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis ?

KJV ⁸ Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

VULC ⁸ Semen eorum permanet coram eis :
propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum.

KJV ⁹ Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

VULC ⁹ Domus eorum securæ sunt et pacatæ,
et non est virga Dei super illos.

KJV ¹⁰ Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

VULC ¹⁰ Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit :
vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.

KJV ¹¹ They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

VULC ¹¹ Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum,
et infantes eorum exsultant lusibus.

KJV ¹² They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

VULC ¹² Tenent tympanum et citharam,
et gaudent ad sonitum organi.

KJV ¹³ They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

VULC ¹³ Ducunt in bonis dies suos,
et in puncto ad inferna descendunt.

KJV ¹⁴ Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

VULC ¹⁴ Qui dixerunt Deo : Recede a nobis,
et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus.

KJV ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

VULC ¹⁵ Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei ?
et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum ?

KJV ¹⁶ Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

VULC ¹⁶ Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua,
consilium impiorum longe sit a me.

KJV ¹⁷ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

VULC ¹⁷ Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur,
et superveniet eis inundatio,
et dolores dividet furoris sui ?

KJV ¹⁸ They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

VULC ¹⁸ Erunt sicut paleæ ante faciem venti,
et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit.

KJV ¹⁹ God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

VULC ¹⁹ Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris,
et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.

KJV ²⁰ His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

VULC ²⁰ Videbunt oculi ejus interfectionem suam,
et de furore Omnipotentis bibet.

KJV ²¹ For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

VULC ²¹ Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se,
et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur ?

KJV ²² Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

VULC ²² Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam,
qui excelsos judicat ?

KJV ²³ One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

VULC ²³ Iste moritur robustus et sanus,
dives et felix :

KJV ²⁴ His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

VULC ²⁴ viscera ejus plena sunt adipe,
et medullis ossa illius irrigantur :

KJV ²⁵ And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

VULC ²⁵ alius vero moritur in amaritudine animæ
absque ullis opibus :

KJV ²⁶ They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

VULC ²⁶ et tamen simul in pulvere dormient,
et vermes operient eos.

KJV ²⁷ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

VULC ²⁷ Certe novi cogitationes vestras,
et sententias contra me iniquas.

KJV ²⁸ For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

VULC ²⁸ Dicitis enim : Ubi est domus principis ?
et ubi tabernacula impiorum ?

KJV ²⁹ Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

VULC ²⁹ Interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus,
et hæc eadem illum intelligere cognoscetis :

KJV ³⁰ That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

VULC ³⁰ quia in diem perditionis servatur malus,
et ad diem furoris ducetur.

KJV ³¹ Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

VULC ³¹ Quis arguet coram eo viam ejus ?
et quæ fecit, quis reddet illi ?

KJV ³² Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

VULC ³² Ipse ad sepulchra ducetur,
et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit.

KJV ³³ The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

VULC ³³ Dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti,
et post se omnem hominem trahet,
et ante se innumerabiles.

KJV ³⁴ How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

VULC ³⁴ Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra,
cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati ?]