The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 audi igitur Iob eloquia mea et omnes sermones meos ausculta
1
"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.
2 ecce aperui os meum loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis
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Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.
3 simplici corde meo sermones mei et sententiam labia mea puram loquentur
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My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
4 spiritus Dei fecit me et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me
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The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 si potes responde mihi et adversus faciem meam consiste
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Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
6 ecce et me sicut et te fecit Deus et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum
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Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay.
7 verumtamen miraculum meum non te terreat et eloquentia mea non sit tibi gravis
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Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
8 dixisti ergo in auribus meis et vocem verborum audivi
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"Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words.
9 mundus sum ego absque delicto inmaculatus et non est iniquitas in me
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You say, 'I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 quia querellas in me repperit ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi
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Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;
11 posuit in nervo pedes meos custodivit omnes semitas meas
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he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.'
12 hoc est ergo in quo non es iustificatus respondebo tibi quia maior sit Deus homine
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"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you. God is greater than man.
13 adversum eum contendis quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi
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Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of my words'?
14 semel loquitur Deus et secundo id ipsum non repetit
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For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.
15 per somnium in visione nocturna quando inruit sopor super homines et dormiunt in lectulo
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,
16 tunc aperit aures virorum et erudiens eos instruit disciplinam
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then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings,
17 ut avertat hominem ab his quae facit et liberet eum de superbia
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that he may turn man aside from his deed, and cut off pride from man;
18 eruens animam eius a corruptione et vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium
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he keeps back his soul from the Pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
19 increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo et omnia ossa eius marcescere facit
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"Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones;
20 abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis et animae illius cibus ante desiderabilis
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so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.
21 tabescet caro eius et ossa quae tecta fuerant nudabuntur
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His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which were not seen stick out.
22 adpropinquabit corruptioni anima eius et vita illius mortiferis
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His soul draws near the Pit, and his life to those who bring death.
23 si fuerit pro eo angelus loquens unum de milibus ut adnuntiet hominis aequitatem
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If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him;
24 miserebitur eius et dicet libera eum et non descendat in corruptionem inveni in quo ei propitier
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and he is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;
25 consumpta est caro eius a suppliciis revertatur ad dies adulescentiae suae
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let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';
26 deprecabitur Deum et placabilis ei erit et videbit faciem eius in iubilo et reddet homini iustitiam suam
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then man prays to God, and he accepts him, he comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation,
27 respiciet homines et dicet peccavi et vere deliqui et ut eram dignus non recepi
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and he sings before men, and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.
28 liberavit animam suam ne pergeret in interitum sed vivens lucem videret
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He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'
29 ecce haec omnia operatur Deus tribus vicibus per singulos
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"Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,
30 ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione et inluminet luce viventium
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to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.
31 adtende Iob et audi me et tace dum ego loquar
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Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
32 si autem habes quod loquaris responde mihi loquere volo enim te apparere iustum
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If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 quod si non habes audi me tace et docebo te sapientiam
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If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."
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