1 respondens autem Iob dixit
2 cuius adiutor es numquid inbecilli
et sustentas brachium eius qui non est fortis
3 cui dedisti consilium forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam
et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam
4 quem docere voluisti
nonne eum qui fecit spiramen tuum
5 ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis et qui habitant cum eis
6 nudus est inferus coram illo
et nullum est operimentum perditioni
7 qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum
et adpendit terram super nihili
8 qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis ut non erumpant pariter deorsum
9 qui tenet vultum solii sui
et expandit super illud nebulam suam
10 terminum circumdedit aquis
usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae
11 columnae caeli contremescunt et pavent ad nutum eius
12 in fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt
et prudentia eius percussit superbum
13 spiritus eius ornavit caelos
et obsetricante manu eius eductus est coluber tortuosus
14 ecce haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius
et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus
quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri
1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?