Job 16

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NOVA VULGATA
1 Then Job answered, and said:	1 Respondens autem Iob dixit:
2 I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.	2 “ Audivi frequenter talia! onsolatores molesti omnes vos estis.
3 Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?	3 Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa, aut quid te exacerbat, ut respondeas?
4 I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul.	4 Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, si esset anima vestra pro anima mea! Concinnarem super vos sermones et moverem caput meum super vos.
5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.	5 Roborarem vos ore meo et motum labiorum meorum non cohiberem.
6 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.	6 Si locutus fuero, non quiescet dolor meus et, si tacuero, non recedet a me;
7 But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.	7 nunc autem defatigavit me dolor meus, et tu vastasti omnem coetum meum.
8 But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.	8 Rugae meae testimonium dicunt contra me; et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam contradicens mihi,
9 My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.	9 Ira eius discerpsit me et adversata est mihi, et infremuit contra me dentibus suis. Hostis meus acuit oculos suos in me.
10 He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.	10 Aperuerunt super me ora sua et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam, simul conferti contra me.
11 They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.	11 Concludit me Deus apud iniquum et manibus impiorum me tradit.
12 God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.	12 Ego, ille quondam tranquillus, repente contritus sum. Tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.
13 I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.	13 Circumdedit me lanceis suis, scidit lumbos meos, non pepercit et effudit in terra iecur meum.
14 He hath compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out my bowels on the earth.	14 Dirupit me rumpens et diruens, irruit in me quasi gigas.
15 He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.	15 Saccum consui super cutem meam et dimisi in terram cornu meum.
16 I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.	16 Facies mea rubuit a fletu, et palpebrae meae caligaverunt;
17 My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.	17 attamen absque iniquitate manus meae, cum haberem mundas preces.
18 These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.	18 Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus.
19 O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.	19 Ecce enim in caelo testis meus, et conscius meus in excelsis.
20 For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.	20 Interpretes mei sunt cogitationes meae: ad Deum stillat oculus meus.
21 My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.	21 Atque utinam sic iudicaretur vir cum Deo, sicut iudicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.
22 And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!	22 Ecce enim breves anni transeunt, et semitam, per quam non revertar, ambulo.
23 For behold short years pass away and I am walking in a path by which l shall not return.