¹Respondens autem Job,Then Job, answering,dixit:said:

¹Respondens autem Job,Then Job, answering,dixit:said:

²Audivi frequenter talia:I have often heard such things;consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis.you are all aggravating comforters.

²Audivi frequenter talia:I have often heard such things;consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis.you are all aggravating comforters.

³Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa?Will there be no end to windy words?aut aliquid tibi molestum est,Or is it at all a burden to you,si loquaris?if you speak?

³Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa?Will there be no end to windy words?aut aliquid tibi molestum est,Or is it at all a burden to you,si loquaris?if you speak?

⁴Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui,I, too, can speak like you;atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea:and I also wish that your soul favored my soul.

⁴Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui,I, too, can speak like you;atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea:and I also wish that your soul favored my soul.

⁵consolarer et ego vos sermonibus,I would also comfort you with speecheset moverem caput meum super vos;and would wag my head over you.

⁵consolarer et ego vos sermonibus,I would also comfort you with speecheset moverem caput meum super vos;and would wag my head over you.

⁶roborarem vos ore meo,I would strengthen you with my mouth,et moverem labia mea,and would move my lips,quasi parcens vobis.as if being lenient to you.

⁶roborarem vos ore meo,I would strengthen you with my mouth,et moverem labia mea,and would move my lips,quasi parcens vobis.as if being lenient to you.

⁷Sed quid agam?But what can I do?Si locutus fuero,When I am speaking,non quiescet dolor meus,my grief will not be quiet;et si tacuero,and if I am quiet,non recedet a me.it will not withdraw from me.

⁷Sed quid agam?But what can I do?Si locutus fuero,When I am speaking,non quiescet dolor meus,my grief will not be quiet;et si tacuero,and if I am quiet,non recedet a me.it will not withdraw from me.

⁸Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus,But now my grief has crushed me,et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei.and all my limbs have been reduced to nothing.

⁸Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus,But now my grief has crushed me,et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei.and all my limbs have been reduced to nothing.

⁹Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me,My wrinkles bear witness against me,et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam,and a liar rises up against my face,contradicens mihi.contradicting me.

⁹Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me,My wrinkles bear witness against me,et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam,and a liar rises up against my face,contradicens mihi.contradicting me.

¹⁰Collegit furorem suum in me,He has gathered together his fury towards me,et comminans mihi,and, threatening me,infremuit contra me dentibus suis:he has roared against me with his teeth;hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.

¹⁰Collegit furorem suum in me,He has gathered together his fury towards me,et comminans mihi,and, threatening me,infremuit contra me dentibus suis:he has roared against me with his teeth;hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.

¹¹Aperuerunt super me ora sua,They have opened their mouths against me,et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam:and, reproaching me, they have struck me on the cheek;satiati sunt pœnis meis.they are nourished by my sufferings.

¹¹Aperuerunt super me ora sua,They have opened their mouths against me,et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam:and, reproaching me, they have struck me on the cheek;satiati sunt pœnis meis.they are nourished by my sufferings.

¹²Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum,God has confined me with the immoral,et manibus impiorum me tradidit.and he has delivered me into the hands of the impious.

¹²Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum,God has confined me with the immoral,et manibus impiorum me tradidit.and he has delivered me into the hands of the impious.

¹³Ego ille quondam opulentus,I,repente contritus sum:who once was wealthy,tenuit cervicem meam,am now crushed.confregit me,He has grabbed me by my neck;et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.he has broken me and has placed me before him as a sign.

¹³Ego ille quondam opulentus,I,repente contritus sum:who once was wealthy,tenuit cervicem meam,am now crushed.confregit me,He has grabbed me by my neck;et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.he has broken me and has placed me before him as a sign.

¹⁴Circumdedit me lanceis suis;He has surrounded me with his lances.convulneravit lumbos meos:He has severely wounded my lower back,non pepercit,he has not been lenient,et effudit in terra viscera mea.and he has poured out my organs upon the earth.

¹⁴Circumdedit me lanceis suis;He has surrounded me with his lances.convulneravit lumbos meos:He has severely wounded my lower back,non pepercit,he has not been lenient,et effudit in terra viscera mea.and he has poured out my organs upon the earth.

¹⁵Concidit me vulnere super vulnus:He has cut me with wound after wound.irruit in me quasi gigas.He has rushed upon me like a giant.

¹⁵Concidit me vulnere super vulnus:He has cut me with wound after wound.irruit in me quasi gigas.He has rushed upon me like a giant.

¹⁶Saccum consui super cutem meam,I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,et operui cinere carnem meam.and I have covered my body with ashes.

¹⁶Saccum consui super cutem meam,I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,et operui cinere carnem meam.and I have covered my body with ashes.

¹⁷Facies mea intumuit a fletu,My face is swollen from weeping,et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt.and my eyelids have dimmed my vision.

¹⁷Facies mea intumuit a fletu,My face is swollen from weeping,et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt.and my eyelids have dimmed my vision.

¹⁸Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ,These things I have endured without iniquity in my hand,cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.while I held pure prayers before God.

¹⁸Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ,These things I have endured without iniquity in my hand,cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.while I held pure prayers before God.

¹⁹Terra,O earth,ne operias sanguinem meum,do not conceal my blood,neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus:nor let my outcry find a hiding place in you.

¹⁹Terra,O earth,ne operias sanguinem meum,do not conceal my blood,neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus:nor let my outcry find a hiding place in you.

²⁰ecce enim in cælo testis meus,For behold, my witness is in heaven,et conscius meus in excelsis.and my confidante is on high.

²⁰ecce enim in cælo testis meus,For behold, my witness is in heaven,et conscius meus in excelsis.and my confidante is on high.

²¹Verbosi amici mei:My friends are full of words;ad Deum stillat oculus meus:my eye rains tears upon God.

²¹Verbosi amici mei:My friends are full of words;ad Deum stillat oculus meus:my eye rains tears upon God.

²²atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo,And I wish that a man might be so judged before God,quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.just as the son of man is judged with his assistant!

²²atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo,And I wish that a man might be so judged before God,quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.just as the son of man is judged with his assistant!

²³Ecce enim breves anni transeunt,For behold, a few years pass by,et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.and I am walking a path by which I will not return.

²³Ecce enim breves anni transeunt,For behold, a few years pass by,et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.and I am walking a path by which I will not return.