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

VULC ¹ Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit :

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

VULC ² [Quis est iste involvens sententias
sermonibus imperitis ?

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.

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.

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 ?

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,

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 ?

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 ;

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 ?

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,

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.

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 ?

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 ?

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 :

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.

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 ?

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 ?

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 :

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 :

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.

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 ?

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,

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 ?

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 ?

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,

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 ;

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 ?

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 ?

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 ?

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.

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 ?

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 ?

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 ?

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 ?

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 ?

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 ?

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 ?

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

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

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,

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 ?

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 ?]