Job 21
1 But Job answered and said,
respondens autem Iob dixit
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
audite quaeso sermones meos et agetis paenitentiam
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
sustinete me ut et ego loquar et post mea si videbitur verba ridete
4 As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est ut merito non debeam contristari
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.
adtendite me et obstupescite et superponite digitum ori vestro
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
et ego quando recordatus fuero pertimesco et concutit carnem meam tremor
7 Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power?
quare ergo impii vivunt sublevati sunt confortatique divitiis
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
semen eorum permanet coram eis propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum
9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
domus eorum securae sunt et pacatae et non est virga Dei super illos
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
bos eorum concepit et non abortit vacca peperit et non est privata fetu suo
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum et infantes eorum exultant lusibus
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
tenent tympanum et citharam et gaudent ad sonitum organi
ducunt in bonis dies suos et in puncto ad inferna descendunt (Sheol h7585)
14 Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
qui dixerunt Deo recede a nobis et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus
15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
quid est Omnipotens ut serviamus ei et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum
16 Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua consilium impiorum longe sit a 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.
quotiens lucerna impiorum extinguetur et superveniet eis inundatio et dolores dividet furoris sui
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
erunt sicut paleae ante faciem venti et sicut favilla quam turbo dispergit
19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris et cum reddiderit tunc sciet
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
videbunt oculi eius interfectionem suam et de furore Omnipotentis bibet
21 For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se et si numerus mensuum eius dimidietur
22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
numquid Deum quispiam docebit scientiam qui excelsos iudicat
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
iste moritur robustus et sanus dives et felix
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
viscera eius plena sunt adipe et medullis ossa illius inrigantur
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
alius vero moritur in amaritudine animae absque ullis opibus
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
et tamen simul in pulverem dormient et vermes operient eos
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
certe novi cogitationes vestras et sententias contra me iniquas
28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
dicitis enim ubi est domus principis et ubi tabernacula impiorum
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
interrogate quemlibet de viatoribus et haec eadem eum intellegere cognoscetis
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they will be brought forth to the day of wrath.
quia in diem perditionis servabitur malus et ad diem furoris ducitur
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done?
quis arguet coram eo viam eius et quae fecit quis reddet illi
32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
ipse ad sepulchra ducetur et in congerie mortuorum vigilabit
33 The clods of the valley will be sweet to him, and every man will draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
dulcis fuit glareis Cocyti et post se omnem hominem trahet et ante se innumerabiles
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati
