1 respondens autem Iob dixit
2 audite quaeso sermones meos
et agetis paenitentiam
3 sustinete me ut et ego loquar
et post mea si videbitur verba ridete
4 numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est
ut merito non debeam contristari
5 adtendite me et obstupescite et superponite digitum ori vestro
6 et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco
et concutit carnem meam tremor
7 quare ergo impii vivunt sublevati sunt confortatique divitiis
8 semen eorum permanet coram eis
propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum
9 domus eorum securae sunt et pacatae
et non est virga Dei super illos
10 bos eorum concepit et non abortit
vacca peperit et non est privata fetu suo
11 egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum
et infantes eorum exultant lusibus
12 tenent tympanum et citharam
et gaudent ad sonitum organi
13 ducunt in bonis dies suos et in puncto ad inferna descendunt
14 qui dixerunt Deo recede a nobis
et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus
15 quid est Omnipotens ut serviamus ei
et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum
16 verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua
consilium impiorum longe sit a me
17 quotiens lucerna impiorum extinguetur
et superveniet eis inundatio et dolores dividet furoris sui
18 erunt sicut paleae ante faciem venti
et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit
19 Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris
et cum reddiderit tunc sciet
20 videbunt oculi eius interfectionem suam
et de furore Omnipotentis bibet
21 quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se
et si numerus mensuum eius dimidietur
22 numquid Deum quispiam docebit scientiam
qui excelsos iudicat
23 iste moritur robustus et sanus dives et felix
24 viscera eius plena sunt adipe et medullis ossa illius inrigantur
25 alius vero moritur in amaritudine animae absque ullis
opibus
26 et tamen simul in pulverem dormient
et vermes operient eos
27 certe novi cogitationes vestras et sententias contra me iniquas
28 dicitis enim ubi est domus principis et ubi tabernacula impiorum
29 interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus
et haec eadem eum intellegere cognoscetis
30 quia in diem perditionis servabitur malus
et ad diem furoris ducitur
31 quis arguet coram eo viam eius
et quae fecit quis reddet illi
32 ipse ad sepulchra ducetur
et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit
33 dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti
et post se omnem hominem trahet et ante se innumerabiles
34 quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra
cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati
1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so , why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it . 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?