Liber Iob

Iob, chapter 33, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 33 Vulgate

   1 Audi igitur, Iob, eloquia mea et omnes sermones meos ausculta.
   2 Ecce aperui os meum, loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.
   3 Ex recto corde sermones mei sunt, et sententiam puram labia mea loquentur.
   4 Spiritus Dei fecit me, et spiraculum Omnipotentis vivificavit me.
   5 Si potes, responde mihi, praepara te coram me et consiste.
   6 Ecce ego sicut tu coram Deo sum et de eodem luto abscissus sum et ego.
   7 Verumtamen terror meus non te terreat, et onus meum non sit tibi grave.
   8 Dixisti ergo in auribus meis, et vocem verborum tuorum audivi:
   9 "Mundus sum ego et absque delicto; immaculatus, et non est iniquitas in me.
   10 Quia querelas in me repperit, ideo arbitratus est me inimicum sibi;
   11 posuit in nervo pedes meos, custodivit omnes semitas meas".
   12 Hoc est ergo, in quo non es iustificatus, respondebo tibi, quia maior est Deus homine.
   13 Quare adversus eum contendis, quod non ad omnia verba responderit tibi?
   14 Semel loquitur Deus, et secundo idipsum non repetit.
   15 Per somnium in visione nocturna, quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo,
   16 tunc aperit aures virorum et in visionibus terret eos,
   17 ut avertat hominem ab his, quae facit, et liberet eum de superbia,
   18 eruens animam eius a fovea et vitam illius, ut non transeat canalem mortis.
   19 Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo, et tremitus ossium eius continuus.
   20 Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et animae illius cibus ante desiderabilis.
   21 Tabescet caro eius in conspectu, et ossa, quae non videbantur, nudabuntur.
   22 Appropinquavit corruptioni foveae, et vita illius mortiferis sedibus.
   23 Si fuerit apud eum angelus, unus de milibus interpres, ut annuntiet homini aequitatem,
   24 miserebitur eius et dicet: "Libera eum, ut non descendat in foveam; inveni, in quo ei propitier".
   25 Revirescet caro eius plus quam in iuventute, revertetur ad dies adulescentiae suae.
   26 Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit; et videbit faciem eius in iubilo, et reddet homini iustitiam suam.
   27 Canit ad homines et dicit: "Peccavi et iustitiam perverti et non debui satisfacere.
   28 Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in foveam, sed vivens lucem videret".
   29 Ecce haec omnia operatur Deus duobus, tribus vicibus cum homine,
   30 ut revocet animas eorum a fovea et illuminet luce viventium.
   31 Attende, Iob, et audi me et tace, dum ego loquor.
   32 Si autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi; loquere, volo enim te apparere iustum.
   33 Quod si non habes, audi me; tace, et docebo te sapientiam".

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 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
   2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
   3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
   4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
   5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
   6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
   7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
   8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
   9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
   10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
   11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
   12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
   13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
   14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
   15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
   16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
   17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
   18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
   19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
   20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
   21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
   22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
   23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
   24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
   25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
   26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
   27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
   28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
   29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
   30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
   31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
   32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
   33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.