Comparison
Job 23
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then Job answered, and said: | Respondens autem Iob, ait: |
| 2 | Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. | Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagae meae aggravata est super gemitum meum. |
| 3 | Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? | Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium eius? |
| 4 | I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. | Ponam coram eo iudicium, et os meum replebo increpationibus: |
| 5 | That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. | ut sciam verba quae mihi respondeat, et intelligam quid loquatur mihi. |
| 6 | I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness. | Nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum, nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat. |
| 7 | Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory. | Proponat aequitatem contra me, et perveniat ad victoriam iudicium meum. |
| 8 | But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. | Si ad orientem iero, non apparet; si ad occidentem, non intelligam eum. |
| 9 | If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. | Si ad sinistram, quid agam? non apprehendam eum; si me vertam ad dexteram, non videbo illum. |
| 10 | But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: | Ipse vero scit viam meam, et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit. |
| 11 | My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. | Vestigia eius secutus est pes meus: viam eius custodivi, et non declinavi ex ea. |
| 12 | I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. | A mandatis labiorum eius non recessi, et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius. |
| 13 | For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done. | Ipse enim solus est, et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius: et anima eius quodcumque voluit, hoc fecit. |
| 14 | And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him. | Cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam, et alia multa similia praesto sunt ei. |
| 15 | And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear. | Et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum, et considerans eum, timore sollicitor. |
| 16 | God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me. | Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me. |
| 17 | For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. | Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo. |
