Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:
2 How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui?
3 Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Numquid Deus supplantat iudicium? aut Omnipotens subvertit quod iustum est?
4 If your children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suæ:
5 If you would seek unto God early, and make your supplication to the Almighty;
Tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum, et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus:
6 If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
Si mundus et rectus incesseris, statim evigilabit ad te, et pacatum reddet habitaculum iustitiæ tuæ:
7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.
In tantum, ut si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.
8 For enquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers:
Interroga enim generationem pristinam, et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow: )
(Hesterni quippe sumus, et ignoramus quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram.)
10 Shall not they teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
Et ipsi docebunt te: loquentur tibi, et de corde suo proferent eloquia.
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore? aut crescere carectum sine aqua?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.
Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit:
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Sic viæ omnium, qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes hypocritæ peribit:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
Non ei placebit vecordia sua, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia eius.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Innitetur super domum suam, et non stabit: fulciet eam, et non consurget:
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.
Humectus videtur antequam veniat Sol, et in ortu suo germen eius egredietur.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and sees the place of stones.
Super acervum petrarum radices eius densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen you.
Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum, et dicet: Non novi te.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Hæc est enim lætitia viæ eius, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Deus non proiiciet simplicem, nec porriget manum malignis:
21 Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.
Donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua iubilo.
22 They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.
Qui oderunt te, induentur confusione: et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet.
