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1 respondens autem Iob dixit
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Then Job answered and said,
2 utinam adpenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui et calamitas quam patior in statera
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Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 quasi harena maris haec gravior appareret unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
4 quia sagittae Domini in me sunt quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum et terrores Domini militant contra me
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam aut mugiet bos cum ante praesepe plenum steterit
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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 aut poterit comedi insulsum quod non est sale conditum aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum adfert mortem
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Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 quae prius tangere nolebat anima mea nunc prae angustia cibi mei sunt
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My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.
8 quis det ut veniat petitio mea et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus
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Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
9 et qui coepit ipse me conterat solvat manum suam et succidat me
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Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 et haec mihi sit consolatio ut adfligens me dolore non parcat nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti
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And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 quae est enim fortitudo mea ut sustineam aut quis finis meus ut patienter agam
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What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12 nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea nec caro mea aerea est
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Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
13 ecce non est auxilium mihi in me et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me
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Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
14 qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam timorem Domini derelinquit
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To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 fratres mei praeterierunt me sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus
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My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
16 qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix
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Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself:
17 tempore quo fuerint dissipati peribunt et ut incaluerit solventur de loco suo
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What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 involutae sunt semitae gressuum eorum ambulabunt in vacuum et peribunt
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The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
19 considerate semitas Theman itinera Saba et expectate paulisper
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The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 confusi sunt quia speravi venerunt quoque usque ad me et pudore cooperti sunt
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They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
21 nunc venistis et modo videntes plagam meam timetis
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For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22 numquid dixi adferte mihi et de substantia vestra donate mihi
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Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
23 vel liberate me de manu hostis et de manu robustorum eruite me
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Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
24 docete me et ego tacebo et si quid forte ignoravi instruite me
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Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere
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How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
26 ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis et in ventum verba profertis
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Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
27 super pupillum inruitis et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum
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Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
28 verumtamen quod coepistis explete praebete aurem et videte an mentiar
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Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.
29 respondete obsecro absque contentione et loquentes id quod iustum est iudicate
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Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
30 et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit
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Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
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