New Revised Standard NRS
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 Then Job answered:
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respondens autem Iob dixit
2 "O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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utinam adpenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui et calamitas quam patior in statera
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
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quasi harena maris haec gravior appareret unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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quia sagittae Domini in me sunt quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum et terrores Domini militant contra me
5 Does the wild ass bray over its grass, or the ox low over its fodder?
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numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam aut mugiet bos cum ante praesepe plenum steterit
6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?
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aut poterit comedi insulsum quod non est sale conditum aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum adfert mortem
7 My appetite refuses to touch them; they are like food that is loathsome to me.
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quae prius tangere nolebat anima mea nunc prae angustia cibi mei sunt
8 "O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
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quis det ut veniat petitio mea et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus
9 that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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et qui coepit ipse me conterat solvat manum suam et succidat me
10 This would be my consolation; I would even exult in unrelenting pain; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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et haec mihi sit consolatio ut adfligens me dolore non parcat nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
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quae est enim fortitudo mea ut sustineam aut quis finis meus ut patienter agam
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
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nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea nec caro mea aerea est
13 In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.
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ecce non est auxilium mihi in me et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me
14 "Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.
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qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam timorem Domini derelinquit
15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed, like freshets that pass away,
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fratres mei praeterierunt me sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus
16 that run dark with ice, turbid with melting snow.
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qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix
17 In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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tempore quo fuerint dissipati peribunt et ut incaluerit solventur de loco suo
18 The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste, and perish.
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involutae sunt semitae gressuum eorum ambulabunt in vacuum et peribunt
19 The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
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considerate semitas Theman itinera Saba et expectate paulisper
20 They are disappointed because they were confident; they come there and are confounded.
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confusi sunt quia speravi venerunt quoque usque ad me et pudore cooperti sunt
21 Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.
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nunc venistis et modo videntes plagam meam timetis
22 Have I said, "Make me a gift'? Or, "From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
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numquid dixi adferte mihi et de substantia vestra donate mihi
23 Or, "Save me from an opponent's hand'? Or, "Ransom me from the hand of oppressors'?
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vel liberate me de manu hostis et de manu robustorum eruite me
24 "Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone wrong.
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docete me et ego tacebo et si quid forte ignoravi instruite me
25 How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
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quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere
26 Do you think that you can reprove words, as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
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ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis et in ventum verba profertis
27 You would even cast lots over the orphan, and bargain over your friend.
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super pupillum inruitis et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum
28 "But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.
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verumtamen quod coepistis explete praebete aurem et videte an mentiar
29 Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.
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respondete obsecro absque contentione et loquentes id quod iustum est iudicate
30 Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?
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et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit
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