Job 16 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Respondens autem Job, dixit:
1 Then Job answered,
2 [Audivi frequenter talia: consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis.
2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa? aut aliquid tibi molestum est, si loquaris?
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea:
4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
5 consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, et moverem caput meum super vos;
5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6 roborarem vos ore meo, et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Sed quid agam? Si locutus fuero, non quiescet dolor meus, et si tacuero, non recedet a me.
7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
8 Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus, et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei.
8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
9 Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me, et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam, contradicens mihi.
9 He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 Collegit furorem suum in me, et comminans mihi, infremuit contra me dentibus suis: hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
11 Aperuerunt super me ora sua, et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam: satiati sunt pœnis meis.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, et manibus impiorum me tradidit.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
13 Ego ille quondam opulentus, repente contritus sum: tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me, et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.
13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
14 Circumdedit me lanceis suis; convulneravit lumbos meos: non pepercit, et effudit in terra viscera mea.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
15 Concidit me vulnere super vulnus: irruit in me quasi gigas.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16 Saccum consui super cutem meam, et operui cinere carnem meam.
16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 Facies mea intumuit a fletu, et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt.
17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
18 Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.
18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
19 Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus:
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
20 ecce enim in cælo testis meus, et conscius meus in excelsis.
20 My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
21 Verbosi amici mei: ad Deum stillat oculus meus:
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
22 atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo, quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.
22 For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
23 Ecce enim breves anni transeunt, et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.]
23 Not in this translation
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Job 13:4–5; James 1:19; Psalm 69:26; Philippians 1:16; Job 6:6
- 3 Job 6:26; Job 15:2; Job 32:3–6; Titus 2:8; Titus 1:11
- 4 Psalm 109:25; Psalm 22:7; Lamentations 2:15; 2 Kings 19:21; Jeremiah 18:16
- 5 Proverbs 27:9; Isaiah 35:3–4; Galatians 6:1; Proverbs 27:17; Job 6:14
- 6 Job 10:1; Psalm 88:15–18; Psalm 77:1–9
- 7 Job 7:3; Job 1:15–19; Proverbs 3:11–12; Micah 6:13; Job 3:17
- 8 Job 10:17; Job 19:20; Ruth 1:21; Psalm 109:24; Psalm 106:15
- 9 Psalm 35:16; Job 13:24; Lamentations 2:16; Hosea 6:1; Job 19:11
- 10 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 22:13; Isaiah 50:6; Lamentations 3:30; Micah 5:1
- 11 Psalm 27:12; Psalm 7:14; Psalm 31:8; Job 2:7; Job 1:13–19
- 12 Job 7:20; Lamentations 3:11–12; Lamentations 3:4; Job 9:17; Psalm 44:19
- 13 Job 20:25; Job 6:4; Lamentations 2:11; Romans 8:32; Genesis 49:23
- 14 Job 9:17; Joel 2:7; Judges 15:8; Lamentations 3:3–5; Psalm 42:7
- 15 Genesis 37:34; Psalm 7:5; 1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 22:12; Psalm 75:5
- 16 Lamentations 1:16; Mark 14:34; Psalm 102:3–5; Job 17:7; Psalm 32:3
- 17 Proverbs 15:8; Psalm 66:18–19; Job 27:6–7; Job 8:5–6; Psalm 7:3–5
- 18 Isaiah 26:21; Ezekiel 24:7; Psalm 66:18–19; Genesis 4:11; Nehemiah 4:5
- 19 Romans 1:9; Genesis 31:50; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Romans 9:1
- 20 Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 142:2; Job 17:2; Job 12:4–5; Psalm 109:4
- 21 Ecclesiastes 6:10; Isaiah 45:9; Romans 9:20; Job 40:1–5; Job 31:35
- 22 Job 14:10; Job 14:14; Job 7:9–10; Job 14:5; Ecclesiastes 12:5
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