Liber Iob

Iob, chapter 11, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 11 Vulgate

   1 Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites dixit:
   2" Numquid illi, qui multa loquitur, non et respondetur? Aut vir verbosus iustificabitur?
   3 Vaniloquium tuum viros tacere faciet, et, cum ceteros irriseris, a nullo confutaberis?
   4 Dixisti enim: "Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo".
   5 Atque utinam Deus ipse loqueretur tecum et aperiret labia sua tibi,
   6 ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiae et arcana consilia eius, et intellegeres quod multo minora quaerat a te, quam meretur iniquitas tua.
   7 Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies?
   8 Excelsior caelo est, et quid facies? Profundior inferno, et quid cognosces?
   9 Longior terra mensura eius et latior mari.
   10 Si subverterit vel concluserit et coarctaverit, quis contradicet ei?
   11 Ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem; et videns iniquitatem nonne considerat?
   12 Sed et vir vacuus cordatus fit, et homo tamquam pullum onagri nascitur.
   13 Tu autem, si cor tuum firmaveris et expanderis ad eum manus tuas,
   14 si iniquitatem, quae est in manu tua, abstuleris a te, et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo iniustitia,
   15 tunc levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula et eris stabilis et non timebis.
   16 Miseriae quoque oblivisceris et quasi aquarum, quae praeterierunt, recordaberis.
   17 Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam, et, cum te caligine tectum putaveris, orieris ut lucifer.
   18 Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe, et defossus securus dormies.
   19 Requiesces, et non erit qui te exterreat; et deprecabuntur faciem tuam plurimi.
   20 Oculi autem impiorum deficient, et effugium peribit ab eis; et spes illorum exhalatio animae".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
   2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
   3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
   4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
   5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
   6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
   7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
   8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
   9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
   10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
   11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
   12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
   13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
   14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
   15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
   16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
   17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
   18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
   19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
   20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.