Job 6

respondens autem Iob dixit

But Job answered and said,

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea nec caro mea aerea est

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

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

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

qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam timorem Domini derelinquit

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

fratres mei praeterierunt me sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus

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

qui timent pruinam inruet super eos nix

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

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

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

involutae sunt semitae gressuum eorum ambulabunt in vacuum et peribunt

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

considerate semitas Theman itinera Saba et expectate paulisper

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

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

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

nunc venistis et modo videntes plagam meam timetis

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

numquid dixi adferte mihi et de substantia vestra donate mihi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis et in ventum verba profertis

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

super pupillum inruitis et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum

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

verumtamen quod coepistis explete praebete aurem et videte an mentiar

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

respondete obsecro absque contentione et loquentes id quod iustum est iudicate

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

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

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