KJV ¹ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

VULC ¹ Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit :

WLC ¹ וַיַּֽעַן־ יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־ אִ֭יּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

KJV ² Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

VULC ² [Quis est iste involvens sententias
sermonibus imperitis ?

WLC ² מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־ דָֽעַת׃

KJV ³ Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

VULC ³ Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos :
interrogabo te, et responde mihi.

WLC ³ אֱזָר־ נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

KJV ⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

VULC ⁴ Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terræ ?
indica mihi, si habes intelligentiam.

WLC ⁴ אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־ אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־ יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה׃

KJV ⁵ Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

VULC ⁵ Quis posuit mensuras ejus, si nosti ?
vel quis tetendit super eam lineam ?

WLC ⁵ מִי־ שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע א֤וֹ מִֽי־ נָטָ֖ה עָלֶ֣יהָ קָּֽו׃

KJV ⁶ Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

VULC ⁶ Super quo bases illius solidatæ sunt ?
aut quis demisit lapidem angularem ejus,

WLC ⁶ עַל־ מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־ יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

KJV ⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

VULC ⁷ cum me laudarent simul astra matutina,
et jubilarent omnes filii Dei ?

WLC ⁷ בְּרָן־ יַ֭חַד כּ֣וֹכְבֵי בֹ֑קֶר וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ כָּל־ בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

KJV ⁸ Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

VULC ⁸ Quis conclusit ostiis mare,
quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens ;

WLC ⁸ וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃

KJV ⁹ When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

VULC ⁹ cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus,
et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem ?

WLC ⁹ בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

KJV ¹⁰ And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

VULC ¹⁰ Circumdedi illud terminis meis,
et posui vectem et ostia,

WLC ¹⁰ וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃

KJV ¹¹ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

VULC ¹¹ et dixi : Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius,
et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.

WLC ¹¹ וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־ פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־ יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃

KJV ¹² Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

VULC ¹² Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo,
et ostendisti auroræ locum suum ?

WLC ¹² הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

KJV ¹³ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

VULC ¹³ Et tenuisti concutiens extrema terræ,
et excussisti impios ex ea ?

WLC ¹³ לֶ֭אֱחֹז בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ רְשָׁים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

KJV ¹⁴ It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

VULC ¹⁴ Restituetur ut lutum signaculum,
et stabit sicut vestimentum :

WLC ¹⁴ תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹ֣מֶר חוֹתָ֑ם וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ כְּמ֣וֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃

KJV ¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

VULC ¹⁵ auferetur ab impiis lux sua,
et brachium excelsum confringetur.

WLC ¹⁵ וְיִמָּנַ֣ע מֵרְשָׁים אוֹרָ֑ם וּזְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃

KJV ¹⁶ Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

VULC ¹⁶ Numquid ingressus es profunda maris,
et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti ?

WLC ¹⁶ הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־ נִבְכֵי־ יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

KJV ¹⁷ Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

VULC ¹⁷ Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis,
et ostia tenebrosa vidisti ?

WLC ¹⁷ הֲנִגְל֣וּ לְ֭ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־ מָ֑וֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃

KJV ¹⁸ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

VULC ¹⁸ Numquid considerasti latitudinem terræ ?
indica mihi, si nosti, omnia :

WLC ¹⁸ הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־ רַחֲבֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־ יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

KJV ¹⁹ Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

VULC ¹⁹ in qua via lux habitet,
et tenebrarum quis locus sit :

WLC ¹⁹ אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־ א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־ זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

KJV ²⁰ That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

VULC ²⁰ ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos,
et intelligas semitas domus ejus.

WLC ²⁰ כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־ גְּבוּל֑וֹ וְכִֽי־ תָ֝בִ֗ין נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

KJV ²¹ Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

VULC ²¹ Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses,
et numerum dierum tuorum noveras ?

WLC ²¹ יָ֭דַעְתָּ כִּי־ אָ֣ז תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וּמִסְפַּ֖ר יָמֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃

KJV ²² Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

VULC ²² Numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis,
aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti,

WLC ²² הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־ אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה׃

KJV ²³ Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

VULC ²³ quæ præparavi in tempus hostis,
in diem pugnæ et belli ?

WLC ²³ אֲשֶׁר־ חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־ צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃

KJV ²⁴ By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

VULC ²⁴ Per quam viam spargitur lux,
dividitur æstus super terram ?

WLC ²⁴ אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃

KJV ²⁵ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

VULC ²⁵ Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum,
et viam sonantis tonitrui,

WLC ²⁵ מִֽי־ פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

KJV ²⁶ To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

VULC ²⁶ ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto,
ubi nullus mortalium commoratur ;

WLC ²⁶ לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־ אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־ אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־ אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃

KJV ²⁷ To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

VULC ²⁷ ut impleret inviam et desolatam,
et produceret herbas virentes ?

WLC ²⁷ לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃

KJV ²⁸ Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

VULC ²⁸ Quis est pluviæ pater ?
vel quis genuit stillas roris ?

WLC ²⁸ הֲיֵשׁ־ לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־ טָֽל׃

KJV ²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

VULC ²⁹ De cujus utero egressa est glacies ?
et gelu de cælo quis genuit ?

WLC ²⁹ מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃

KJV ³⁰ The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

VULC ³⁰ In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur,
et superficies abyssi constringitur.

WLC ³⁰ כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃

KJV ³¹ Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

VULC ³¹ Numquid conjungere valebis micantes stellas Pleiadas,
aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare ?

WLC ³¹ הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־ מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃

KJV ³² Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

VULC ³² Numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo,
et vesperum super filios terræ consurgere facis ?

WLC ³² הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־ בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃

KJV ³³ Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

VULC ³³ Numquid nosti ordinem cæli,
et pones rationem ejus in terra ?

WLC ³³ הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־ תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃

KJV ³⁴ Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

VULC ³⁴ Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam,
et impetus aquarum operiet te ?

WLC ³⁴ הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

KJV ³⁵ Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?

VULC ³⁵ Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt,
et revertentia dicent tibi : Adsumus ?

WLC ³⁵ הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃

KJV ³⁶ Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

VULC ³⁶ Quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam ?
vel quis dedit gallo intelligentiam ?

WLC ³⁶ מִי־ שָׁ֭ת בַּטֻּח֣וֹת חָכְמָ֑ה א֤וֹ מִֽי־ נָתַ֖ן לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי בִינָֽה׃

KJV ³⁷ Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

VULC ³⁷ Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem ?
et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet ?

WLC ³⁷ מִֽי־ יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃

KJV ³⁸ When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

VULC ³⁸ Quando fundebatur pulvis in terra,
et glebæ compingebantur ?

WLC ³⁸ בְּצֶ֣קֶת עָ֭פָר לַמּוּצָ֑ק וּרְגָבִ֥ים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃

KJV ³⁹ Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

VULC ³⁹ Numquid capies leænæ prædam,
et animam catulorum ejus implebis,

WLC ³⁹ הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃

KJV ⁴⁰ When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

VULC ⁴⁰ quando cubant in antris,
et in specubus insidiantur ?

WLC ⁴⁰ כִּי־ יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־ אָֽרֶב׃

KJV ⁴¹ Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

VULC ⁴¹ Quis præparat corvo escam suam,
quando pulli ejus clamant ad Deum,
vagantes, eo quod non habeant cibos ?]

WLC ⁴¹ מִ֤י יָכִ֥ין לָעֹרֵ֗ב צֵ֫יד֥וֹ כִּֽי־ אֶל־ אֵ֣ל יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ יִ֝תְע֗וּ לִבְלִי־ אֹֽכֶל׃