The Latin Vulgate VUL
King James Version w/ Apocrypha KJVA
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
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And Job answered and said ,
2 ergo vos estis soli homines et vobiscum morietur sapientia
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No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 et mihi est cor sicut et vobis nec inferior vestri sum quis enim haec quae nostis ignorat
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego invocabit Deum et exaudiet eum deridetur enim iusti simplicitas
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I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum parata ad tempus statutum
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 abundant tabernacula praedonum et audacter provocant Deum cum ipse dederit omnia in manibus eorum
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper , and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 nimirum interroga iumenta et docebunt te et volatilia caeli et indicabunt tibi
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 loquere terrae et respondebit tibi et narrabunt pisces maris
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 quis ignorat quod omnia haec manus Domini fecerit
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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
10 in cuius manu anima omnis viventis et spiritus universae carnis hominis
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind .
11 nonne auris verba diiudicat et fauces comedentis saporem
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 in antiquis est sapientia et in multo tempore prudentia
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo ipse habet consilium et intellegentiam
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With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14 si destruxerit nemo est qui aedificet et si incluserit hominem nullus est qui aperiat
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Behold, he breaketh down , and it cannot be built again : he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening .
15 si continuerit aquas omnia siccabuntur et si emiserit eas subvertent terram
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up : also he sendeth them out , and they overturn the earth.
16 apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia ipse novit et decipientem et eum qui decipitur
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With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 adducit consiliarios in stultum finem et iudices in stuporem
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He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools .
18 balteum regum dissolvit et praecingit fune renes eorum
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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 ducit sacerdotes inglorios et optimates subplantat
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 commutans labium veracium et doctrinam senum auferens
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty , and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 effundit despectionem super principes et eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis
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He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 qui multiplicat gentes et perdet eas et subversas in integrum restituet
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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 qui inmutat cor principum populi terrae et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium
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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 palpabunt quasi in tenebris et non in luce et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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