KJV ¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

VULC ¹ Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit :

KJV ² Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

VULC ² [Numquid Deo potest comparari homo,
etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ ?

KJV ³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

VULC ³ Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris ?
aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua ?

KJV ⁴ Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

VULC ⁴ Numquid timens arguet te,
et veniet tecum in judicium,

KJV ⁵ Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

VULC ⁵ et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam,
et infinitas iniquitates tuas ?

KJV ⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

VULC ⁶ Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa,
et nudos spoliasti vestibus.

KJV ⁷ Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

VULC ⁷ Aquam lasso non dedisti,
et esurienti subtraxisti panem.

KJV ⁸ But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

VULC ⁸ In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram,
et potentissimus obtinebas eam.

KJV ⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

VULC ⁹ Viduas dimisisti vacuas,
et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.

KJV ¹⁰ Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

VULC ¹⁰ Propterea circumdatus es laqueis,
et conturbat te formido subita.

KJV ¹¹ Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

VULC ¹¹ Et putabas te tenebras non visurum,
et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri ?

KJV ¹² Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

VULC ¹² an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit,
et super stellarum verticem sublimetur ?

KJV ¹³ And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

VULC ¹³ Et dicis : Quid enim novit Deus ?
et quasi per caliginem judicat.

KJV ¹⁴ Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

VULC ¹⁴ Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat,
et circa cardines cæli perambulat.

KJV ¹⁵ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

VULC ¹⁵ Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis,
quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,

KJV ¹⁶ Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

VULC ¹⁶ qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum,
et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum ?

KJV ¹⁷ Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

VULC ¹⁷ Qui dicebant Deo : Recede a nobis :
et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,

KJV ¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

VULC ¹⁸ cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis :
quorum sententia procul sit a me.

KJV ¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

VULC ¹⁹ Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur,
et innocens subsannabit eos :

KJV ²⁰ Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

VULC ²⁰ nonne succisa est erectio eorum ?
et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis ?

KJV ²¹ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

VULC ²¹ Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem,
et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.

KJV ²² Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

VULC ²² Suscipe ex ore illius legem,
et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.

KJV ²³ If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

VULC ²³ Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis,
et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.

KJV ²⁴ Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

VULC ²⁴ Dabit pro terra silicem,
et pro silice torrentes aureos.

KJV ²⁵ Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

VULC ²⁵ Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos,
et argentum coacervabitur tibi.

KJV ²⁶ For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

VULC ²⁶ Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues,
et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.

KJV ²⁷ Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

VULC ²⁷ Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te,
et vota tua reddes.

KJV ²⁸ Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

VULC ²⁸ Decernes rem, et veniet tibi,
et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.

KJV ²⁹ When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

VULC ²⁹ Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria,
et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.

KJV ³⁰ He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

VULC ³⁰ Salvabitur innocens :
salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.]