The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 omiserunt autem tres viri isti respondere Iob eo quod iustus sibi videretur
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So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 et iratus indignatusque Heliu filius Barachel Buzites de cognatione Ram iratus est autem adversus Iob eo quod iustum se esse diceret coram Deo
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Then Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry at Job because he justified himself rather than God;
3 porro adversum amicos eius indignatus est eo quod non invenissent responsionem rationabilem sed tantummodo condemnassent Iob
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he was angry also at Job's three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.
4 igitur Heliu expectavit Iob loquentem eo quod seniores se essent qui loquebantur
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Now Eli'hu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.
5 cum autem vidisset quod tres respondere non potuissent iratus est vehementer
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And when Eli'hu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he became angry.
6 respondensque Heliu filius Barachel Buzites dixit iunior sum tempore vos autem antiquiores idcirco dimisso capite veritus sum indicare vobis meam sententiam
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And Eli'hu the son of Bar'achel the Buzite answered: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.
7 sperabam enim quod aetas prolixior loqueretur et annorum multitudo doceret sapientiam
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I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.'
8 sed ut video spiritus est in hominibus et inspiratio Omnipotentis dat intellegentiam
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But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
9 non sunt longevi sapientes nec senes intellegunt iudicium
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It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
10 ideo dicam audite me ostendam vobis etiam ego meam scientiam
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Therefore I say, 'Listen to me; let me also declare my opinion.'
11 expectavi enim sermones vestros audivi prudentiam vestram donec disceptaremini sermonibus
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"Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.
12 et donec putabam vos aliquid dicere considerabam sed ut video non est qui arguere possit Iob et respondere ex vobis sermonibus eius
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I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
13 ne forte dicatis invenimus sapientiam Deus proiecit eum non homo
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Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.'
14 nihil locutus est mihi et ego non secundum vestros sermones respondebo illi
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He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.
15 extimuerunt non responderunt ultra abstuleruntque a se eloquia
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"They are discomfited, they answer no more; they have not a word to say.
16 quoniam igitur expectavi et non sunt locuti steterunt nec responderunt ultra
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And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?
17 respondebo et ego partem meam et ostendam scientiam meam
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I also will give my answer; I also will declare my opinion.
18 plenus sum enim sermonibus et coartat me spiritus uteri mei
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For I am full of words, the spirit within me constrains me.
19 en venter meus quasi mustum absque spiraculo quod lagunculas novas disrumpit
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Behold, my heart is like wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.
20 loquar et respirabo paululum aperiam labia mea et respondebo
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I must speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.
21 non accipiam personam viri et Deum homini non aequabo
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I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward any man.
22 nescio enim quamdiu subsistam et si post modicum tollat me factor meus
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For I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon put an end to me.
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