The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 respondens autem Iob dixit
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Then Job answered:
2 utinam adpenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui et calamitas quam patior in statera
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"O that my vexation were 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 then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have 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 in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam aut mugiet bos cum ante praesepe plenum steterit
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Does the wild ass bray when he has grass, or the ox low 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 is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the slime of the purslane?
7 quae prius tangere nolebat anima mea nunc prae angustia cibi mei sunt
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My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
8 quis det ut veniat petitio mea et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus
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"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
9 et qui coepit ipse me conterat solvat manum suam et succidat me
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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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This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for 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 my 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 bronze?
13 ecce non est auxilium mihi in me et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me
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In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.
14 qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam timorem Domini derelinquit
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"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 fratres mei praeterierunt me sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus
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My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as freshets that pass away,
16 qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix
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which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
17 tempore quo fuerint dissipati peribunt et ut incaluerit solventur de loco suo
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In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 involutae sunt semitae gressuum eorum ambulabunt in vacuum et peribunt
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The caravans turn aside from their course; 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 look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
20 confusi sunt quia speravi venerunt quoque usque ad me et pudore cooperti sunt
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They are disappointed because they were confident; they come thither and are confounded.
21 nunc venistis et modo videntes plagam meam timetis
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Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.
22 numquid dixi adferte mihi et de substantia vestra donate mihi
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Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
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, 'Ransom me from the hand of oppressors'?
24 docete me et ego tacebo et si quid forte ignoravi instruite me
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"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erred.
25 quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere
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How forceful are honest words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
26 ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis et in ventum verba profertis
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Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
27 super pupillum inruitis et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum
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You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
28 verumtamen quod coepistis explete praebete aurem et videte an mentiar
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"But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.
29 respondete obsecro absque contentione et loquentes id quod iustum est iudicate
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Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.
30 et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit
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Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?
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