Job 6

But Job answered and said,

respondens autem Iob dixit

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

utinam adpenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui et calamitas quam patior in statera

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

quasi harena maris haec gravior appareret unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

quia sagittae Domini in me sunt quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum et terrores Domini militant contra me

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam aut mugiet bos cum ante praesepe plenum steterit

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

aut poterit comedi insulsum quod non est sale conditum aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum adfert mortem

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

quae prius tangere nolebat anima mea nunc prae angustia cibi mei sunt

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

quis det ut veniat petitio mea et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

et qui coepit ipse me conterat solvat manum suam et succidat me

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

et haec mihi sit consolatio ut adfligens me dolore non parcat nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

quae est enim fortitudo mea ut sustineam aut quis finis meus ut patienter agam

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea nec caro mea aerea est

Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

ecce non est auxilium mihi in me et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam timorem Domini derelinquit

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

fratres mei praeterierunt me sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

tempore quo fuerint dissipati peribunt et ut incaluerit solventur de loco suo

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

involutae sunt semitae gressuum eorum ambulabunt in vacuum et peribunt

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

considerate semitas Theman itinera Saba et expectate paulisper

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

confusi sunt quia speravi venerunt quoque usque ad me et pudore cooperti sunt

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

nunc venistis et modo videntes plagam meam timetis

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

numquid dixi adferte mihi et de substantia vestra donate mihi

Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

vel liberate me de manu hostis et de manu robustorum eruite me

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

docete me et ego tacebo et si quid forte ignoravi instruite me

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis et in ventum verba profertis

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

super pupillum inruitis et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

verumtamen quod coepistis explete praebete aurem et videte an mentiar

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

respondete obsecro absque contentione et loquentes id quod iustum est iudicate

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit