Job 11

respondens autem Sophar Naamathites dixit

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

numquid qui multa loquitur non et audiet aut vir verbosus iustificabitur

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

tibi soli tacebunt homines et cum ceteros inriseris a nullo confutaberis

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

dixisti enim purus est sermo meus et mundus sum in conspectu tuo

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum et aperiret labia sua tibi

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiae et quod multiplex esset lex eius et intellegeres quod multo minora exigaris a Deo quam meretur iniquitas tua

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

forsitan vestigia Dei conprehendes et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem repperies

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

excelsior caelo est et quid facies profundior inferno et unde cognosces

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

longior terrae mensura eius et latior mari

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

si subverterit omnia vel in unum coartaverit quis contradicet ei

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem et videns iniquitatem nonne considerat

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

vir vanus in superbiam erigitur et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

tu autem firmasti cor tuum et expandisti ad eum manus tuas

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

si iniquitatem quod est in manu tua abstuleris a te et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo iniustitia

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

tum levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula et eris stabilis et non timebis

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

miseriae quoque oblivisceris et quasi aquarum quae praeterierint recordaberis

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam et cum te consumptum putaveris orieris ut lucifer

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

et habebis fiduciam proposita tibi spe et defossus securus dormies

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

requiesces et non erit qui te exterreat et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

oculi autem impiorum deficient et effugium peribit ab eis et spes eorum abominatio animae

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.