Job Chapter 26

Job declares his sentiments of the wisdom and power of God.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Then Job answered, and said:

2 Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
3 To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shown thy very great prudence.
4 Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
5 Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
6 Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
7 He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
9 He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
10 He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
12 By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
13 His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent. His obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent... That is, the omnipotent power of God: which brought forth all things created in time, but conceived in the Divine mind from all eternity. The winding serpent, a constellation of fixed stars winding round the north pole, called Draco. This appears from the foregoing part of the same verse, His spirit hath adorned the heavens.
14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

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 Job dixit:

2 Cujus adjutor es? numquid imbecillis?
et sustentas brachium ejus qui non est fortis?
3 Cui dedisti consilium?
forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam:
et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
4 Quem docere voluisti?
nonne eum qui fecit spiramentum?
5 Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis,
et qui habitant cum eis.
6 Nudus est infernus coram illo,
et nullum est operimentum perditioni.
7 Qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum,
et appendit terram super nihilum.
8 Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis,
ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
9 Qui tenet vultum solii sui,
et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
10 Terminum circumdedit aquis,
usque dum finiantur lux et tenebræ.
11 Columnæ cæli contremiscunt,
et pavent ad nutum ejus.
12 In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt,
et prudentia ejus percussit superbum.
13 Spiritus ejus ornavit cælos,
et obstetricante manu ejus, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
14 Ecce hæc ex parte dicta sunt viarum ejus:
et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis ejus audierimus,
quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?

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