The Latin Vulgate VUL
New American Standard Bible NAS
1 respondens autem Baldad Suites dixit
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 usquequo loqueris talia et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui
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"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 numquid Deus subplantat iudicium et Omnipotens subvertit quod iustum est
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"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suae
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"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
5 tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus
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"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
6 si mundus et rectus incesseris statim evigilabit ad te et pacatum reddet habitaculum iustitiae tuae
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If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
7 in tantum ut priora tua fuerint parva et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis
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"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
8 interroga enim generationem pristinam et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam
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"Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
9 hesterni quippe sumus et ignoramus quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram
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"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
10 et ipsi docebunt te loquentur tibi et de corde suo proferent eloquia
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"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
11 numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore aut crescet carectum sine aqua
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"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
12 cum adhuc sit in flore nec carpatur manu ante omnes herbas arescit
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"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
13 sic viae omnium qui obliviscuntur Deum et spes hypocritae peribit
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"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
14 non ei placebit vecordia sua et sicut tela aranearum fiducia eius
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Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.
15 innitetur super domum suam et non stabit fulciet eam et non consurget
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"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
16 humectus videtur antequam veniat sol et in horto suo germen eius egreditur
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"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
17 super acervum petrarum radices eius densabuntur et inter lapides commorabitur
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"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
18 si absorbuerit eum de loco suo negabit eum et dicet non novi te
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"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
19 haec est enim laetitia viae eius ut rursum de terra alii germinentur
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"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
20 Deus non proiciet simplicem nec porriget manum malignis
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"Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
21 donec impleatur risu os tuum et labia tua iubilo
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"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.
22 qui oderunt te induentur confusione et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet
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"Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."
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