Job 21

But Job answered and said,

respondens autem Iob dixit

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

audite quaeso sermones meos et agetis paenitentiam

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

sustinete me ut et ego loquar et post mea si videbitur verba ridete

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est ut merito non debeam contristari

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

adtendite me et obstupescite et superponite digitum ori vestro

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco et concutit carnem meam tremor

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

quare ergo impii vivunt sublevati sunt confortatique divitiis

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

semen eorum permanet coram eis propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

domus eorum securae sunt et pacatae et non est virga Dei super illos

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

bos eorum concepit et non abortit vacca peperit et non est privata fetu suo

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum et infantes eorum exultant lusibus

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

tenent tympanum et citharam et gaudent ad sonitum organi

They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

ducunt in bonis dies suos et in puncto ad inferna descendunt

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

qui dixerunt Deo recede a nobis et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

quid est Omnipotens ut serviamus ei et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua consilium impiorum longe sit a me

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

quotiens lucerna impiorum extinguetur et superveniet eis inundatio et dolores dividet furoris sui

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

erunt sicut paleae ante faciem venti et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris et cum reddiderit tunc sciet

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

videbunt oculi eius interfectionem suam et de furore Omnipotentis bibet

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se et si numerus mensuum eius dimidietur

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

numquid Deum quispiam docebit scientiam qui excelsos iudicat

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

iste moritur robustus et sanus dives et felix

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

viscera eius plena sunt adipe et medullis ossa illius inrigantur

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

alius vero moritur in amaritudine animae absque ullis opibus

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

et tamen simul in pulverem dormient et vermes operient eos

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

certe novi cogitationes vestras et sententias contra me iniquas

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

dicitis enim ubi est domus principis et ubi tabernacula impiorum

Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus et haec eadem eum intellegere cognoscetis

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

quia in diem perditionis servabitur malus et ad diem furoris ducitur

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

quis arguet coram eo viam eius et quae fecit quis reddet illi

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

ipse ad sepulchra ducetur et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti et post se omnem hominem trahet et ante se innumerabiles

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati