KJV ¹ Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

VULC ¹ Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit :

KJV ² If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

VULC ² [Si cœperimus loqui tibi, forsitan moleste accipies ;
sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis poterit ?

KJV ³ Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

VULC ³ Ecce docuisti multos,
et manus lassas roborasti ;

KJV ⁴ Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

VULC ⁴ vacillantes confirmaverunt sermones tui,
et genua trementia confortasti.

KJV ⁵ But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

VULC ⁵ Nunc autem venit super te plaga, et defecisti ;
tetigit te, et conturbatus es.

KJV ⁶ Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

VULC ⁶ Ubi est timor tuus, fortitudo tua,
patientia tua, et perfectio viarum tuarum ?

KJV ⁷ Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

VULC ⁷ Recordare, obsecro te, quis umquam innocens periit ?
aut quando recti deleti sunt ?

KJV ⁸ Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

VULC ⁸ Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem,
et seminant dolores, et metunt eos,

KJV ⁹ By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

VULC ⁹ flante Deo perisse,
et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.

KJV ¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

VULC ¹⁰ Rugitus leonis, et vox leænæ,
et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt.

KJV ¹¹ The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

VULC ¹¹ Tigris periit, eo quod non haberet prædam,
et catuli leonis dissipati sunt.

KJV ¹² Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

VULC ¹² Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum,
et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.

KJV ¹³ In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

VULC ¹³ In horrore visionis nocturnæ,
quando solet sopor occupare homines,

KJV ¹⁴ Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

VULC ¹⁴ pavor tenuit me, et tremor,
et omnia ossa mea perterrita sunt ;

KJV ¹⁵ Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

VULC ¹⁵ et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret,
inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ.

KJV ¹⁶ It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

VULC ¹⁶ Stetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum,
imago coram oculis meis,
et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi.

KJV ¹⁷ Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

VULC ¹⁷ Numquid homo, Dei comparatione, justificabitur ?
aut factore suo purior erit vir ?

KJV ¹⁸ Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

VULC ¹⁸ Ecce qui serviunt ei, non sunt stabiles,
et in angelis suis reperit pravitatem ;

KJV ¹⁹ How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

VULC ¹⁹ quanto magis hi qui habitant domos luteas,
qui terrenum habent fundamentum,
consumentur velut a tinea ?

KJV ²⁰ They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

VULC ²⁰ De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur ;
et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.

KJV ²¹ Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

VULC ²¹ Qui autem reliqui fuerint, auferentur ex eis ;
morientur, et non in sapientia.]