¹Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites,But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering,dixit:said:

¹Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites,But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering,dixit:said:

²Si cœperimus loqui tibi,If we start to speak to you,forsitan moleste accipies;perhaps you will take it badly,sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis poterit?but who can hold back the words he has conceived?

²Si cœperimus loqui tibi,If we start to speak to you,forsitan moleste accipies;perhaps you will take it badly,sed conceptum sermonem tenere quis poterit?but who can hold back the words he has conceived?

³Ecce docuisti multos,Behold, you have taught many,et manus lassas roborasti;and you have strengthened weary hands.

³Ecce docuisti multos,Behold, you have taught many,et manus lassas roborasti;and you have strengthened weary hands.

⁴vacillantes confirmaverunt sermones tui,Your words have reassured the wavering,et genua trementia confortasti.and you have fortified the trembling knees.

⁴vacillantes confirmaverunt sermones tui,Your words have reassured the wavering,et genua trementia confortasti.and you have fortified the trembling knees.

⁵Nunc autem venit super te plaga,But now the scourge has overcome you,et defecisti;and you falter.tetigit te,It has touched you,et conturbatus es.and you are disturbed.

⁵Nunc autem venit super te plaga,But now the scourge has overcome you,et defecisti;and you falter.tetigit te,It has touched you,et conturbatus es.and you are disturbed.

⁶Ubi est timor tuus,Where is your reverence,fortitudo tua,your fortitude,patientia tua,your patience,et perfectio viarum tuarum?and the perfection of your ways?

⁶Ubi est timor tuus,Where is your reverence,fortitudo tua,your fortitude,patientia tua,your patience,et perfectio viarum tuarum?and the perfection of your ways?

⁷Recordare,Consider this,obsecro te,I beg you:quis umquam innocens periit?who ever perished being innocent?aut quando recti deleti sunt?Or when have the righteous been destroyed?

⁷Recordare,Consider this,obsecro te,I beg you:quis umquam innocens periit?who ever perished being innocent?aut quando recti deleti sunt?Or when have the righteous been destroyed?

⁸Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem,In fact,et seminant dolores,I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments,et metunt eos,reap them,

⁸Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem,In fact,et seminant dolores,I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments,et metunt eos,reap them,

⁹flante Deo perisse,perishing by the breath of God,et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.and being consumed by the wrath of his spirit.

⁹flante Deo perisse,perishing by the breath of God,et spiritu iræ ejus esse consumptos.and being consumed by the wrath of his spirit.

¹⁰Rugitus leonis,The roaring of the lion,et vox leænæ,and the voice of the lioness,et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt.and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.

¹⁰Rugitus leonis,The roaring of the lion,et vox leænæ,and the voice of the lioness,et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt.and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.

¹¹Tigris periit, eo quod non haberet prædam,The tiger has perished because it does not have prey,et catuli leonis dissipati sunt.and the young lions have been scattered.

¹¹Tigris periit, eo quod non haberet prædam,The tiger has perished because it does not have prey,et catuli leonis dissipati sunt.and the young lions have been scattered.

¹²Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum,Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret,et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.

¹²Porro ad me dictum est verbum absconditum,Furthermore, a word was spoken to me in secret,et quasi furtive suscepit auris mea venas susurri ejus.and, as if by theft, my ears received the pulse of its whisper.

¹³In horrore visionis nocturnæ,In the horror of a vision by night,quando solet sopor occupare homines,when men are accustomed to be overtaken by a deep sleep,

¹³In horrore visionis nocturnæ,In the horror of a vision by night,quando solet sopor occupare homines,when men are accustomed to be overtaken by a deep sleep,

¹⁴pavor tenuit me,fearet tremor,and trembling seized meet omnia ossa mea perterrita sunt;and all my bones were terrified.

¹⁴pavor tenuit me,fearet tremor,and trembling seized meet omnia ossa mea perterrita sunt;and all my bones were terrified.

¹⁵et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret,And when a spirit passed before me,inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ.the hair on my body stood up.

¹⁵et cum spiritus, me præsente, transiret,And when a spirit passed before me,inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ.the hair on my body stood up.

¹⁶Stetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum,There appeared an image before my eyes,imago coram oculis meis,someone whose face I did not recognize,et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi.and I heard a voice like a gentle breeze.

¹⁶Stetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum,There appeared an image before my eyes,imago coram oculis meis,someone whose face I did not recognize,et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi.and I heard a voice like a gentle breeze.

¹⁷Numquid homo, Dei comparatione, justificabitur?Should man be justified in relation to God,aut factore suo purior erit vir?or will a man be more pure than his Maker?

¹⁷Numquid homo, Dei comparatione, justificabitur?Should man be justified in relation to God,aut factore suo purior erit vir?or will a man be more pure than his Maker?

¹⁸Ecce qui serviunt ei,Behold,non sunt stabiles,those who serve him are not steadfast,et in angelis suis reperit pravitatem;and in his angels he finds imperfection.

¹⁸Ecce qui serviunt ei,Behold,non sunt stabiles,those who serve him are not steadfast,et in angelis suis reperit pravitatem;and in his angels he finds imperfection.

¹⁹quanto magis hi qui habitant domos luteas,How much more will those who live in houses of clay,qui terrenum habent fundamentum,which have an earthly foundation,consumentur velut a tinea?be consumed like the moth?

¹⁹quanto magis hi qui habitant domos luteas,How much more will those who live in houses of clay,qui terrenum habent fundamentum,which have an earthly foundation,consumentur velut a tinea?be consumed like the moth?

²⁰De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur;From morning all the way to evening, they will be cut down,et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.and because no one understands, they will be destroyed without ceasing.

²⁰De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur;From morning all the way to evening, they will be cut down,et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.and because no one understands, they will be destroyed without ceasing.

²¹Qui autem reliqui fuerint, auferentur ex eis;But those who are left behind will be taken away from them;morientur,they will die,et non in sapientia.and not in wisdom.

²¹Qui autem reliqui fuerint, auferentur ex eis;But those who are left behind will be taken away from them;morientur,they will die,et non in sapientia.and not in wisdom.