DRC, VulgClementine, KJV - Job - 38

38:1  Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said:

38:1  Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit :

38:1  Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

38:2  Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

38:2  Quis est iste involvens sententias sermonibus imperitis ?

38:2  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

38:3  Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and answer thou me.

38:3  Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos : interrogabo te, et responde mihi.

38:3  Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding.

38:4  Ubi eras quando ponebam fundamenta terræ ? indica mihi, si habes intelligentiam.

38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

38:5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it?

38:5  Quis posuit mensuras ejus, si nosti ? vel quis tetendit super eam lineam ?

38:5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

38:6  Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

38:6  Super quo bases illius solidatæ sunt ? aut quis demisit lapidem angularem ejus,

38:6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

38:7  When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody?

38:7  cum me laudarent simul astra matutina, et jubilarent omnes filii Dei ?

38:7  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

38:8  Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

38:8  Quis conclusit ostiis mare, quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens ;

38:8  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

38:9  When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

38:9  cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus, et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem ?

38:9  When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

38:10  I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

38:10  Circumdedi illud terminis meis, et posui vectem et ostia,

38:10  And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

38:11  And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

38:11  et dixi : Usque huc venies, et non procedes amplius, et hic confringes tumentes fluctus tuos.

38:11  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

38:12  Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

38:12  Numquid post ortum tuum præcepisti diluculo, et ostendisti auroræ locum suum ?

38:12  Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

38:13  And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

38:13  Et tenuisti concutiens extrema terræ, et excussisti impios ex ea ?

38:13  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

38:14  The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment.

38:14  Restituetur ut lutum signaculum, et stabit sicut vestimentum :

38:14  It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

38:15  From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

38:15  auferetur ab impiis lux sua, et brachium excelsum confringetur.

38:15  And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

38:16  Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?

38:16  Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti ?

38:16  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

38:17  Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

38:17  Numquid apertæ sunt tibi portæ mortis, et ostia tenebrosa vidisti ?

38:17  Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

38:18  Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things.

38:18  Numquid considerasti latitudinem terræ ? indica mihi, si nosti, omnia :

38:18  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

38:19  Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness?

38:19  in qua via lux habitet, et tenebrarum quis locus sit :

38:19  Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

38:20  That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

38:20  ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos, et intelligas semitas domus ejus.

38:20  That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

38:21  Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

38:21  Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras ?

38:21  Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

38:22  Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail:

38:22  Numquid ingressus es thesauros nivis, aut thesauros grandinis aspexisti,

38:22  Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

38:23  Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

38:23  quæ præparavi in tempus hostis, in diem pugnæ et belli ?

38:23  Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

38:24  By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

38:24  Per quam viam spargitur lux, dividitur æstus super terram ?

38:24  By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

38:25  Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:

38:25  Quis dedit vehementissimo imbri cursum, et viam sonantis tonitrui,

38:25  Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

38:26  That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

38:26  ut plueret super terram absque homine in deserto, ubi nullus mortalium commoratur ;

38:26  To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

38:27  That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

38:27  ut impleret inviam et desolatam, et produceret herbas virentes ?

38:27  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

38:28  Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

38:28  Quis est pluviæ pater ? vel quis genuit stillas roris ?

38:28  Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

38:29  De cujus utero egressa est glacies ? et gelu de cælo quis genuit ?

38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

38:30  The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

38:30  In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur, et superficies abyssi constringitur.

38:30  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

38:31  Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

38:31  Numquid conjungere valebis micantes stellas Pleiadas, aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare ?

38:31  Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

38:32  Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

38:32  Numquid producis luciferum in tempore suo, et vesperum super filios terræ consurgere facis ?

38:32  Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

38:33  Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

38:33  Numquid nosti ordinem cæli, et pones rationem ejus in terra ?

38:33  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

38:34  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

38:34  Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam, et impetus aquarum operiet te ?

38:34  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

38:35  Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?

38:35  Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt, et revertentia dicent tibi : Adsumus ?

38:35  Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

38:36  Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?

38:36  Quis posuit in visceribus hominis sapientiam ? vel quis dedit gallo intelligentiam ?

38:36  Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

38:37  Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

38:37  Quis enarrabit cælorum rationem ? et concentum cæli quis dormire faciet ?

38:37  Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

38:38  When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

38:38  Quando fundebatur pulvis in terra, et glebæ compingebantur ?

38:38  When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

38:39  Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

38:39  Numquid capies leænæ prædam, et animam catulorum ejus implebis,

38:39  Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

38:40  When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes?

38:40  quando cubant in antris, et in specubus insidiantur ?

38:40  When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

38:41  Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?

38:41  Quis præparat corvo escam suam, quando pulli ejus clamant ad Deum, vagantes, eo quod non habeant cibos ?

38:41  Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.