The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
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Then Job answered:
2 nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus et manus plagae meae adgravata est super gemitum meum
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"Today also my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
3 quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum et veniam usque ad solium eius
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Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
4 ponam coram eo iudicium et os meum replebo increpationibu
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I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments
5 ut sciam verba quae mihi respondeat et intellegam quid loquatur mihi
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I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat
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Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would give heed to me.
7 proponat aequitatem contra me et perveniat ad victoriam iudicium meum
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There an upright man could reason with him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.
8 si ad orientem iero non apparet si ad occidentem non intellegam eum
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"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
9 si ad sinistram quid agat non adprehendam eum si me vertam ad dextram non videbo illum
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on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.
10 ipse vero scit viam meam et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit
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But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 vestigia eius secutus est pes meus viam eius custodivi et non declinavi ex ea
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My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
12 a mandatis labiorum eius non recessi et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius
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I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
13 ipse enim solus est et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius et anima eius quodcumque voluerit hoc facit
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But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does.
14 cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam et alia multa similia praesto sunt e
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For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind
15 et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum et considerans eum timore sollicitor
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Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 Deus mollivit cor meum et Omnipotens conturbavit me
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God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
17 non enim perii propter inminentes tenebras nec faciem meam operuit caligo
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for I am hemmed in by darkness, and thick darkness covers my face.
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