KJV ¹ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

VULC ¹ [Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis,
ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.

KJV ² For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

VULC ² Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper,
et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis ?

KJV ³ Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

VULC ³ Numquid non perditio est iniquo,
et alienatio operantibus injustitiam ?

KJV ⁴ Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

VULC ⁴ Nonne ipse considerat vias meas,
et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat ?

KJV ⁵ If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

VULC ⁵ Si ambulavi in vanitate,
et festinavit in dolo pes meus,

KJV ⁶ Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

VULC ⁶ appendat me in statera justa,
et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.

KJV ⁷ If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

VULC ⁷ Si declinavit gressus meus de via,
et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum,
et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,

KJV ⁸ Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

VULC ⁸ seram, et alius comedat,
et progenies mea eradicetur.

KJV ⁹ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

VULC ⁹ Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere,
et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,

KJV ¹⁰ Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

VULC ¹⁰ scortum alterius sit uxor mea,
et super illam incurventur alii.

KJV ¹¹ For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

VULC ¹¹ Hoc enim nefas est,
et iniquitas maxima.

KJV ¹² For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

VULC ¹² Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans,
et omnia eradicans genimina.

KJV ¹³ If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

VULC ¹³ Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea,
cum disceptarent adversum me :

KJV ¹⁴ What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

VULC ¹⁴ quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus ?
et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi ?

KJV ¹⁵ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

VULC ¹⁵ Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est,
et formavit me in vulva unus ?

KJV ¹⁶ If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

VULC ¹⁶ Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus,
et oculos viduæ expectare feci ;

KJV ¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

VULC ¹⁷ si comedi buccellam meam solus,
et non comedit pupillus ex ea

KJV ¹⁸ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

VULC ¹⁸ (quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio,
et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum) ;

KJV ¹⁹ If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

VULC ¹⁹ si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum,
et absque operimento pauperem ;

KJV ²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

VULC ²⁰ si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus,
et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est ;

KJV ²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

VULC ²¹ si levavi super pupillum manum meam,
etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem :

KJV ²² Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

VULC ²² humerus meus a junctura sua cadat,
et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.

KJV ²³ For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

VULC ²³ Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum,
et pondus ejus ferre non potui.

KJV ²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

VULC ²⁴ Si putavi aurum robur meum,
et obrizo dixi : Fiducia mea ;

KJV ²⁵ If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

VULC ²⁵ si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis,
et quia plurima reperit manus mea ;

KJV ²⁶ If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

VULC ²⁶ si vidi solem cum fulgeret,
et lunam incedentem clare,

KJV ²⁷ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

VULC ²⁷ et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum,
et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo :

KJV ²⁸ This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

VULC ²⁸ quæ est iniquitas maxima,
et negatio contra Deum altissimum.

KJV ²⁹ If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

VULC ²⁹ Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat,
et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum :

KJV ³⁰ Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

VULC ³⁰ non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum,
ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.

KJV ³¹ If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

VULC ³¹ Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei :
Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur ?

KJV ³² The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

VULC ³² foris non mansit peregrinus :
ostium meum viatori patuit.

KJV ³³ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

VULC ³³ Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum,
et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam ;

KJV ³⁴ Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

VULC ³⁴ si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam,
et despectio propinquorum terruit me :
et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.

KJV ³⁵ Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

VULC ³⁵ Quis mihi tribuat auditorem,
ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens,
et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,

KJV ³⁶ Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

VULC ³⁶ ut in humero meo portem illum,
et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi ?

KJV ³⁷ I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

VULC ³⁷ Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum,
et quasi principi offeram eum.

KJV ³⁸ If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

VULC ³⁸ Si adversum me terra mea clamat,
et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent :

KJV ³⁹ If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

VULC ³⁹ si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia,
et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi :

KJV ⁴⁰ Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

VULC ⁴⁰ pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus,
et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.