Job 21

respondens autem Iob dixit

But Job answered and said,

audite quaeso sermones meos et agetis paenitentiam

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

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

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

numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est ut merito non debeam contristari

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

adtendite me et obstupescite et superponite digitum ori vestro

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

et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco et concutit carnem meam tremor

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

quare ergo impii vivunt sublevati sunt confortatique divitiis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum et infantes eorum exultant lusibus

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

tenent tympanum et citharam et gaudent ad sonitum organi

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

ducunt in bonis dies suos et in puncto ad inferna descendunt

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

qui dixerunt Deo recede a nobis et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris et cum reddiderit tunc sciet

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

videbunt oculi eius interfectionem suam et de furore Omnipotentis bibet

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

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

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

numquid Deum quispiam docebit scientiam qui excelsos iudicat

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

iste moritur robustus et sanus dives et felix

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

viscera eius plena sunt adipe et medullis ossa illius inrigantur

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

alius vero moritur in amaritudine animae absque ullis opibus

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

et tamen simul in pulverem dormient et vermes operient eos

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

certe novi cogitationes vestras et sententias contra me iniquas

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

dicitis enim ubi est domus principis et ubi tabernacula impiorum

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

interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus et haec eadem eum intellegere cognoscetis

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

quia in diem perditionis servabitur malus et ad diem furoris ducitur

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

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

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

ipse ad sepulchra ducetur et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit

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

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

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

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

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