Job Chapter 11

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:

2 Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
3 Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?
4 For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.
5 And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,
6 That he might show thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.
7 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly?
8 He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?
9 The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
11 For he knoweth the vanity of men, and when he seeth iniquity, doth he not consider it?
12 A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.
13 But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.
14 If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and let not injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
15 Then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.
16 Thou shalt also forget misery, and remember it only as waters that are passed away.
17 And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.
18 And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.
19 Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:

2 Numquid qui multa loquitur, non et audiet?
aut vir verbosus justificabitur?
3 Tibi soli tacebunt homines?
et cum ceteros irriseris, a nullo confutaberis?
4 Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus,
et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.
5 Atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum,
et aperiret labia sua tibi,
6 ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiæ,
et quod multiplex esset lex ejus:
et intelligeres quod multo minora exigaris ab eo
quam meretur iniquitas tua!
7 Forsitan vestigia Dei comprehendes,
et usque ad perfectum Omnipotentem reperies?
8 Excelsior cælo est, et quid facies?
profundior inferno, et unde cognosces?
9 Longior terra mensura ejus,
et latior mari.
10 Si subverterit omnia, vel in unum coarctaverit,
quis contradicet ei?
11 Ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem;
et videns iniquitatem, nonne considerat?
12 Vir vanus in superbiam erigitur,
et tamquam pullum onagri se liberum natum putat.
13 Tu autem firmasti cor tuum,
et expandisti ad eum manus tuas.
14 Si iniquitatem quæ est in manu tua abstuleris a te,
et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo injustitia,
15 tunc levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula;
et eris stabilis, et non timebis.
16 Miseriæ quoque oblivisceris,
et quasi aquarum quæ præterierunt recordaberis.
17 Et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam;
et cum te consumptum 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 abominatio animæ.

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