Job 36 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Addens quoque Eliu, hæc locutus est:
1 Elihu also continued, and said,
2 [Sustine me paululum, et indicabo tibi: adhuc enim habeo quod pro Deo loquar.
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
3 Repetam scientiam meam a principio, et operatorem meum probabo justum.
3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 Vere enim absque mendacio sermones mei, et perfecta scientia probabitur tibi.
4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 Deus potentes non abjicit, cum et ipse sit potens:
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 sed non salvat impios, et judicium pauperibus tribuit.
6 He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
7 Non auferet a justo oculos suos: et reges in solio collocat in perpetuum, et illi eriguntur.
7 He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8 Et si fuerint in catenis, et vinciantur funibus paupertatis,
8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
9 indicabit eis opera eorum, et scelera eorum, quia violenti fuerunt.
9 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 Revelabit quoque aurem eorum, ut corripiat: et loquetur, ut revertantur ab iniquitate.
10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 Si audierint et observaverint, complebunt dies suos in bono, et annos suos in gloria:
11 If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 si autem non audierint, transibunt per gladium, et consumentur in stultitia.
12 But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
13 Simulatores et callidi provocant iram Dei, neque clamabunt cum vincti fuerint.
13 “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
14 Morietur in tempestate anima eorum, et vita eorum inter effeminatos.
14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
15 Eripiet de angustia sua pauperem, et revelabit in tribulatione aurem ejus.
15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
16 Igitur salvabit te de ore angusto latissime, et non habente fundamentum subter se: requies autem mensæ tuæ erit plena pinguedine.
16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17 Causa tua quasi impii judicata est: causam judiciumque recipies.
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Non te ergo superet ira ut aliquem opprimas: nec multitudo donorum inclinet te.
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19 Depone magnitudinem tuam absque tribulatione, et omnes robustos fortitudine.
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20 Ne protrahas noctem, ut ascendant populi pro eis.
20 Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Cave ne declines ad iniquitatem: hanc enim cœpisti sequi post miseriam.
21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22 Ecce Deus excelsus in fortitudine sua, et nullus ei similis in legislatoribus.
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Quis poterit scrutari vias ejus? aut quis potest ei dicere: Operatus es iniquitatem?
23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
24 Memento quod ignores opus ejus, de quo cecinerunt viri.
24 “Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
25 Omnes homines vident eum: unusquisque intuetur procul.
25 All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
26 Ecce Deus magnus vincens scientiam nostram: numerus annorum ejus inæstimabilis.
26 Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
27 Qui aufert stillas pluviæ, et effundit imbres ad instar gurgitum,
27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
28 qui de nubibus fluunt quæ prætexunt cuncta desuper.
28 which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
29 Si voluerit extendere nubes quasi tentorium suum,
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
30 et fulgurare lumine suo desuper, cardines quoque maris operiet.
30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
31 Per hæc enim judicat populos, et dat escas multis mortalibus.
31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
32 In manibus abscondit lucem, et præcepit ei ut rursus adveniat.
32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
33 Annuntiat de ea amico suo, quod possessio ejus sit, et ad eam possit ascendere.]
33 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Job 21:3; Job 13:7–8; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Ezekiel 2:7; Hebrews 13:22
- 3 James 3:17; James 1:17; Psalm 145:17; Job 8:3; Daniel 9:14
- 4 Proverbs 8:7–8; Job 37:16; Psalm 49:3; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Timothy 3:16–17
- 5 Psalm 22:24; Psalm 138:6; Jeremiah 10:12; Psalm 147:5; Job 37:23
- 6 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 72:12–14; 2 Peter 2:9; Job 5:15; Exodus 22:22–24
- 7 Psalm 34:15; Psalm 33:18; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:7–8; 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- 8 Psalm 107:10; Proverbs 5:22; Job 13:27; Psalm 116:3; Job 19:6
- 9 1 Corinthians 11:32; Job 15:25; Psalm 119:71; Ezekiel 18:28–31; Romans 5:20
- 10 Isaiah 55:6–7; Job 36:15; Matthew 3:8; 2 Kings 17:13; Job 33:16–23
- 11 Jeremiah 7:23; Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 26:13; Deuteronomy 4:30; Hebrews 11:8
- 12 Job 4:21; Romans 2:8–9; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 1:20; Deuteronomy 18:15–22
- 13 Romans 2:5; Job 27:8–10; Job 36:8; 2 Chronicles 28:13; Job 35:9–10
- 14 Job 22:16; Job 15:32; Deuteronomy 23:17; Psalm 55:23; Job 21:23–25
- 15 Job 36:10
- 16 Psalm 23:5; Psalm 118:5; Psalm 31:8; Psalm 18:19; Psalm 63:5
- 17 Romans 1:32; Revelation 18:4; Job 34:36; Job 16:5; Job 22:11
- 18 Ephesians 5:6; Job 33:24; Romans 1:18; Psalm 110:5; Psalm 49:7–8
- 19 Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:21; Job 9:13; James 5:3; Isaiah 37:36
- 20 Job 34:20; Exodus 12:29; Job 34:25; 2 Kings 19:35; Job 14:13
- 21 Psalm 66:18; Hebrews 11:25; 1 Peter 3:17; Matthew 16:24; Daniel 3:16–18
- 22 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Romans 13:1; Luke 1:52; Jeremiah 27:5–8; Isaiah 48:17
- 23 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:13–14; Job 8:3; Job 34:10; Ephesians 1:11
- 24 Revelation 15:3; Psalm 145:10–12; Psalm 72:18; Psalm 111:2–4; Luke 1:46
- 26 Psalm 90:2; Psalm 145:3; Job 11:7–9; 1 Kings 8:27; 1 Corinthians 13:12
- 27 Psalm 147:8; Job 5:9; Psalm 148:8; Job 38:25–28; Psalm 65:9–13
- 28 Proverbs 3:20; Genesis 7:11–12; Job 37:11–13
- 29 Job 37:16; Job 37:2–5; Psalm 29:3–10; Job 26:14; Nahum 1:3
- 30 Job 38:25; Exodus 14:22; Exodus 14:28; Genesis 1:9; Psalm 18:11–16
- 31 Psalm 136:25; Job 37:13; Acts 14:17; Psalm 104:13–15; Psalm 65:9–13
- 32 Psalm 18:11; Psalm 147:8–9; Job 37:15; Psalm 148:8; Psalm 135:7
- 33 Job 37:2; Job 36:29; 2 Samuel 22:14; 1 Kings 18:41–45; Joel 2:22
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Learn then thine own weakness; learn from this instance the mightiness of God: for He hath numbered the drops of rain, which have been poured down on all the earth, not only now but in all time.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
He who planned all with weight and measure, He who, according to the word of Job, knows the number of the drops of rain, knew how long His work would last, and for how much consumption of fire He ought to allow.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)