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The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 Then Job answered and said:
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respondens autem Iob dixit
2 “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
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ergo vos estis soli homines et vobiscum morietur sapientia
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
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et mihi est cor sicut et vobis nec inferior vestri sum quis enim haec quae nostis ignorat
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
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qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego invocabit Deum et exaudiet eum deridetur enim iusti simplicitas
5 In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
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lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum
6 The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
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abundant tabernacula praedonum et audacter provocant Deum cum ipse dederit omnia in manibus eorum
7 “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;
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nimirum interroga iumenta et docebunt te et volatilia caeli et indicabunt tibi
8 or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
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loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris
9 Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
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quis ignorat quod omnia haec manus Domini fecerit
10 In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.
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in cuius manu anima omnis viventis et spiritus universae carnis hominis
11 Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
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nonne auris verba diiudicat et fauces comedentis saporem
12 Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
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in antiquis est sapientia et in multo tempore prudentia
13 “With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
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apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo ipse habet consilium et intellegentiam
14 If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
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si destruxerit nemo est qui aedificet et si incluserit hominem nullus est qui aperiat
15 If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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si continuerit aquas omnia siccabuntur et si emiserit eas subvertent terram
16 With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia ipse novit et decipientem et eum qui decipitur
17 He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
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adducit consiliarios in stultum finem et iudices in stuporem
18 He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
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balteum regum dissolvit et praecingit fune renes eorum
19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.
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ducit sacerdotes inglorios et optimates subplantat
20 He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.
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commutans labium veracium et doctrinam senum auferens
21 He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
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effundit despectionem super principes et eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans
22 He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.
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qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis
23 He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
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qui multiplicat gentes et perdet eas et subversas in integrum restituet
24 He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
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qui inmutat cor principum populi terrae et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios