Comparison
Job 9
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And Job answered, and said: | Et respondens Iob, ait: | Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει, |
| 2 | Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God. | Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non iustificetur homo compositus Deo. | Ἐπʼ ἀληθείας οἶδα, ὅτι οὕτως ἐστί· πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ; |
| 3 | If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. | Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille. | Ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων. |
| 4 | He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace? | Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit? | Σοφὸς γάρ ἐστι διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας· τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν; |
| 5 | Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not. | Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo. | Ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν, ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ· |
| 6 | Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. | Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnae eius concutiuntur. | Ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων, οἱ δὲ στύλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται· |
| 7 | Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal: | Qui praecipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo. | Ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει, κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει· |
| 8 | Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea. | Qui extendit caelos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris. | Ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπʼ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης· |
| 9 | Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south. | Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri. | Ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ Ἕσπερον καὶ Ἀρκτοῦρον, καὶ ταμεῖα Νότου· |
| 10 | Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number. | Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus. | Ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός. |
| 11 | If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand. | Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam. | Ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με, οὐ μὴ ἴδω· ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με, οὐδʼ ὡς ἔγνων. |
| 12 | If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so? | Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis? | Ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ, τίς ἀποστρέψει; ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ, τί ἐποίησας; |
| 13 | God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world. | Deus, cuius irae nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem. | Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργὴν, ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν |
| 14 | What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him? | Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo? | Ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσεται, ἤ διακρίνει τὰ ῥήματά μου. |
| 15 | I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge. | qui etiam si habuero quippiam iustum, non respondebo: sed meum iudicem deprecabor. | Ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου, τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι· |
| 16 | And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice. | Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam. | Ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ, οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέ μου τῆς φωνῆς. |
| 17 | For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause. | In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa. | Μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ· πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκε διακενῆς. |
| 18 | He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness. | Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus. | Οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι· ἐνέπλησε δέ με πικρίας, |
| 19 | If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me. | Si fortitudo quaeritur, robustissimus est; si aequitas iudicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere. | ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύει κράτει· τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται; |
| 20 | If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked. | Si iustificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit. | Ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει· ἐάν τε ᾧ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι. |
| 21 | Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life. | Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et taedebit me vitae meae. | Εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα, οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ, πλὴν ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή. |
| 22 | One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth. | Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit. | Διὸ εἶπον, μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή, |
| 23 | If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent. | Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de poenis innocentum rideat. | ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ, ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται, |
| 24 | The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then? | Terra data est in manus impii; vultum iudicum eius operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est? | παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς, πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει· εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός ἐστι, τίς ἐστιν; |
| 25 | My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. | Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum. | Ὁ δὲ βίος μου ἐστὶν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως· ἀπέδρασαν, καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν. |
| 26 | They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey. | Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam. | Ἢ καὶ ἐστι ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ, ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν; |
| 27 | If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. | Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor. | Ἐάν τε γὰρ εἶπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν, συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω· |
| 28 | I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender. | Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti. | Σείομαι πᾶσι τοῖς μέλεσιν, οἴδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῶόν με ἐάσεις. |
| 29 | But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain? | Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi? | Ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβὴς, διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον; |
| 30 | If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean: | Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimae manus meae, | Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι, καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς, |
| 31 | Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me, | tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea. | ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας, ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή. |
| 32 | For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment. | Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in iudicio ex aequo possit audiri. | Οὐ γὰρ εἰ ἄνθρωπος κατʼ ἐμὲ, ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι, ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν. |
| 33 | There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both. | Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus. | Εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐλέγχων, καὶ διακούων ἀναμέσον ἀμφοτέρων. |
| 34 | Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me. | Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor eius non me terreat. | Ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον, ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω, |
| 35 | I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear. | Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere. | καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ, ἀλλὰ λαλήσω· οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι. |
