Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 Hear therefore, O Job, my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
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"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
2 Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.
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See, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.
3 My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
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My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
4 The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
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The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
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Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
6 Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.
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See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
7 But yet let not my wonder terrify thee, and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee.
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No fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy on you.
8 Now thou hast said in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words:
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"Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
9 I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
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You say, "I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 Because he hath found complaints against me, therefore he hath counted me for his enemy.
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Look, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;
11 He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.
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he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.'
12 Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
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"But in this you are not right. I will answer you: God is greater than any mortal.
13 Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?
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Why do you contend against him, saying, "He will answer none of my words'?
14 God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
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For God speaks in one way, and in two, though people do not perceive it.
15 By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds,
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
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then he opens their ears, and terrifies them with warnings,
17 That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.
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that he may turn them aside from their deeds, and keep them from pride,
18 Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.
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to spare their souls from the Pit, their lives from traversing the River.
19 He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
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They are also chastened with pain upon their beds, and with continual strife in their bones,
20 Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
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so that their lives loathe bread, and their appetites dainty food.
21 His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
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Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.
22 His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
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Their souls draw near the Pit, and their lives to those who bring death.
23 If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man’s uprightness,
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Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright,
24 He shall have mercy on him, and shall say: Deliver him, that he may not go down to corruption: I have found wherein I may be merciful to him.
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and he is gracious to that person, and says, "Deliver him from going down into the Pit; I have found a ransom;
25 His flesh is consumed with punishments, let him return to the days of his youth.
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let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';
26 He shall pray to God, and he will be gracious to him: and he shall see his face with joy, and he will render to man his justice.
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then he prays to God, and is accepted by him, he comes into his presence with joy, and God repays him for his righteousness.
27 He shall look upon men, and shall say: I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.
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That person sings to others and says, "I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.
28 He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
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He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'
29 Behold, all these things God worketh three times within every one.
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"God indeed does all these things, twice, three times, with mortals,
30 That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
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to bring back their souls from the Pit, so that they may see the light of life.
31 Attend, Job, and hearken to me, and hold thy peace, whilst I speak.
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Pay heed, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32 But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me, speak: for I would have thee to appear just.
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If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 And if thou have not, hear me: hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.
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If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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