Job 1 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Vir erat in terra Hus, nomine Job: et erat vir ille simplex, et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo.
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
2 Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ.
2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 Et fuit possessio ejus septem millia ovium, et tria millia camelorum, quingenta quoque juga boum, et quingentæ asinæ, ac familia multa nimis: eratque vir ille magnus inter omnes orientales.
3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
4 Et ibant filii ejus, et faciebant convivium per domos, unusquisque in die suo. Et mittentes vocabant tres sorores suas, ut comederent et biberent cum eis.
4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 Cumque in orbem transissent dies convivii, mittebat ad eos Job, et sanctificabat illos: consurgensque diluculo, offerebat holocausta pro singulis. Dicebat enim: Ne forte peccaverint filii mei, et benedixerint Deo in cordibus suis. Sic faciebat Job cunctis diebus.
5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
6 Quadam autem die, cum venissent filii Dei ut assisterent coram Domino, affuit inter eos etiam Satan.
6 Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
7 Cui dixit Dominus: Unde venis? Qui respondens, ait: Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam.
7 Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
8 Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Numquid considerasti servum meum Job, quod non sit ei similis in terra, homo simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo?
8 Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
9 Cui respondens Satan, ait: Numquid Job frustra timet Deum?
9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
10 nonne tu vallasti eum, ac domum ejus, universamque substantiam per circuitum; operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, et possessio ejus crevit in terra?
10 Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
11 sed extende paululum manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, nisi in faciem benedixerit tibi.
11 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
12 Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce universa quæ habet in manu tua sunt: tantum in eum ne extendas manum tuam. Egressusque est Satan a facie Domini.
12 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
13 Cum autem quadam die filii et filiæ ejus comederent et biberent vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,
13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
14 nuntius venit ad Job, qui diceret: Boves arabant, et asinæ pascebantur juxta eos:
14 that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
15 et irruerunt Sabæi, tuleruntque omnia, et pueros percusserunt gladio: et evasi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
15 and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
16 Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur, venit alter, et dixit: Ignis Dei cecidit e cælo, et tactas oves puerosque consumpsit: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
17 Sed et illo adhuc loquente, venit alius, et dixit: Chaldæi fecerunt tres turmas, et invaserunt camelos, et tulerunt eos, necnon et pueros percusserunt gladio: et ego fugi solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
18 Adhuc loquebatur ille, et ecce alius intravit, et dixit: Filiis tuis et filiabus vescentibus et bibentibus vinum in domo fratris sui primogeniti,
18 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
19 repente ventus vehemens irruit a regione deserti, et concussit quatuor angulos domus: quæ corruens oppressit liberos tuos, et mortui sunt: et effugi ego solus, ut nuntiarem tibi.
19 and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
20 Tunc surrexit Job, et scidit vestimenta sua: et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit,
20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
21 et dixit: Nudus egressus sum de utero matris meæ, et nudus revertar illuc. Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit; sicut Domino placuit, ita factum est. Sit nomen Domini benedictum.
21 He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
22 In omnibus his non peccavit Job labiis suis, neque stultum quid contra Deum locutus est.
22 In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
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A blameless and upright man of the land of Uz who had seven sons and three daughters, lost his children and wealth and was afflicted, and was restored by the LORD with twice what…
Cited in the guide: Job 1:1; Job 1:8; Job 2:11
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- 1 James 5:11; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Job 28:28; Job 2:3
- 2 Psalm 127:3–5; Job 42:13; Psalm 128:3; Job 13:13; Psalm 107:38
- 3 Job 42:12; Proverbs 10:22; 1 Kings 4:30; Judges 6:3; Job 29:25
- 4 Hebrews 13:1; Psalm 133:1
- 5 Job 42:8; Genesis 8:20; 1 Samuel 16:5; Genesis 35:2–3; Ephesians 6:18
- 6 Job 2:1; Job 38:7; Zechariah 3:1; Revelation 12:9–10; 1 Kings 22:19
- 7 1 Peter 5:8; Job 2:2; Matthew 12:43; Revelation 12:12–17; Revelation 12:9
- 8 Job 2:3; Job 1:1; Proverbs 8:13; Numbers 12:7–8; 2 Kings 23:25
- 9 1 Timothy 4:8; Matthew 16:26; 1 Timothy 6:6; Job 1:21; Job 21:14–15
- 10 Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 2:5; 1 Peter 1:5; Deuteronomy 28:2–6; Proverbs 10:22
- 11 Job 2:5; Job 19:21; Revelation 16:11; Revelation 16:9; Revelation 16:21
- 12 Luke 22:31–32; 2 Corinthians 12:7; John 3:35–36; 1 Corinthians 10:13; John 19:11
- 13 Proverbs 27:1; Luke 21:34; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Luke 17:27–29; Luke 12:19–20
- 14 1 Samuel 4:17; Jeremiah 51:31; 2 Samuel 15:13
- 15 Genesis 10:7; Job 6:19; Joel 3:8; 1 Samuel 22:20–21; Ezekiel 23:42
- 16 2 Kings 1:12; Genesis 19:24; Leviticus 10:2; 1 Kings 18:38; Numbers 11:1–3
- 17 Genesis 11:28; Habakkuk 1:6; Genesis 11:31; Isaiah 23:13; Job 1:15
- 18 Job 1:4; Job 1:13; Psalm 34:19; Lamentations 1:12; Job 19:9–10
- 19 Acts 28:4; 1 Kings 20:30; Ephesians 2:2; Judges 16:30; Genesis 37:32–33
- 20 1 Peter 5:6; 2 Samuel 12:16–20; Genesis 37:34; Ezra 9:3; Genesis 37:29
- 21 Ecclesiastes 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; James 1:17; Job 2:10
- 22 James 1:12; Job 2:10; 1 Peter 1:7; James 1:4; Romans 9:20
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