Comparison
Job 14
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. | Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis. | Βρότος γὰρ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς, ὀλιγόβιος, καὶ πλήρης ὀργῆς· |
| 2 | Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state. | Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet. | ἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν, ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ, καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ. |
| 3 | And dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with thee? | Et dignum ducis super huiuscemodi aperire oculos tuos, et adducere eum tecum in iudicium? | Οὐχὶ καὶ τούτου λόγον ἐποιήσω, καὶ τοῦτον ἐποίησας εἰσελθεῖν ἐν κρίματι ἐνώπιόν σου; |
| 4 | Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art? | Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine? nonne tu qui solus es? | Τίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἔσται ἀπὸ ῥύπου; ἀλλʼ οὐθεὶς, |
| 5 | The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed. | Breves dies hominis sunt: numerus mensium eius apud te est: constituisti terminos eius, qui praeteriri non poterunt. | ἐὰν καὶ μία ἡμέρα ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἀριθμητοὶ δὲ μῆνες αὐτοῦ παρʼ αὐτοῦ· εἰς χρόνον ἔθου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπερβῇ. |
| 6 | Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling. | Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies eius. | Ἀπόστα ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ, καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός. |
| 7 | A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. | Lignum habet spem: si praecisum fuerit, rursum virescit, et rami eius pullulant. | Ἔστι γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπὶς, ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ, ἔτι ἐπανθήσει, καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλείπῃ. |
| 8 | If its root be old in the earth, and its stock be dead in the dust: | Si senuerit in terra radix eius, et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius, | Ἐὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ῥίζα αὐτοῦ, ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ, |
| 9 | At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted. | ad odorem aquae germinabit, et faciet comam, quasi cum primum plantatum est. | τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει, ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν, ὥσπερ νεόφυτον. |
| 10 | But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he? | Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quaeso, est? | Ἀνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο, πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκ ἔτι ἐστί. |
| 11 | As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up: | Quomodo si recedant aquae de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat: | Χρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα, ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη. |
| 12 | So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep. | sic homo, cum dormierit, non resurget: donec atteratur caelum, non evigilabit, nec consurget de somno suo. | Ἄνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐ μὴν ἀναστῇ ἕως ἂν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συῤῥαφῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνισθήσονται ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτῶν. |
| 13 | Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt remember me? | Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei? | Εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον ἐν ᾅδῃ με ἐφύλαξας, ἔκρυψας δέ με ἕως ἂν παύσηταί σου ἡ ὀργὴ, καὶ τάξῃ μοι χρόνον ἐν ᾧ μνείαν μου ποιήσῃ. |
| 14 | Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days in which I am now in warfare, I expect until my change come. | Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat? cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea. | Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ ἄνθρωπος, ζήσεται συντελέσας ἡμέρας τοῦ βίου αὐτοῦ· ὑπομενῶ ἕως πάλιν γένωμαι; |
| 15 | Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand. | Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi: operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram. | Εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ ἀποποιοῦ. |
| 16 | Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins. | Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti: sed parce peccatis meis. | Ἠρίθμησας δέ μου τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ σε οὐδὲν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου; |
| 17 | Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity. | Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam. | Ἐσφράγισας δέ μου τὰς ἀνομίας ἐν βαλαντίῳ, ἐπεσημῄνω δὲ εἴτι ἄκων παρέβην. |
| 18 | A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place. | Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo: | Καὶ πλὴν ὄρος πίπτον διαπεσεῖται, καὶ πέτρα παλαιωθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς. |
| 19 | Waters wear away the stones, and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away: so in like manner thou shalt destroy man. | lapides excavant aquae, et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur: et hominem ergo similiter perdes. | Λίθους ἐλέαναν ὕδατα, καὶ κατέκλυσεν ὕδατα ὕπτια τοῦ χώματος τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀπώλεσας. |
| 20 | Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away. | Roborasti eum paululum, ut in perpetuum transiret: immutabis faciem eius, et emittes eum. | Ὦσας αὐτὸν εἰς τέλος, καὶ ᾤχετο· ἐπέστησας αὐτῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας, |
| 21 | Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand. | Sive nobiles fuerint filii eius, sive ignobiles, non intelliget. | πολλὼν δὲ γενομένων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, οὐκ οἶδεν· ἐὰν δὲ ὀλίγοι γένωνται, οὐκ ἐπέσταται. |
| 22 | But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him. | Attamen caro eius, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit. | Ἀλλʼ ἢ αἱ σάρκες αὐτοῦ ἤλγησαν, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπένθησεν. |
