Job 37
1 [Super hoc expavit cor meum, et emotum est de loco suo.
At this also mine heart is astonied, and is mooued out of his place.
2 Audite auditionem in terrore vocis ejus, et sonum de ore illius procedentem.
Heare the sound of his voyce, and the noyse that goeth out of his mouth.
3 Subter omnes cælos ipse considerat, et lumen illius super terminos terræ.
He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the world.
4 Post eum rugiet sonitus; tonabit voce magnitudinis suæ: et non investigabitur, cum audita fuerit vox ejus.
After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.
5 Tonabit Deus in voce sua mirabiliter, qui facit magna et inscrutabilia;
God thundereth marueilously with his voyce: he worketh great things, which we know not.
6 qui præcipit nivi ut descendat in terram, et hiemis pluviis, et imbri fortitudinis suæ;
For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.
7 qui in manu omnium hominum signat, ut noverint singuli opera sua.
With the force thereof he shutteth vp euery man, that all men may knowe his worke.
8 Ingredietur bestia latibulum, et in antro suo morabitur.
Then the beastes go into the denne, and remaine in their places.
9 Ab interioribus egredietur tempestas, et ab Arcturo frigus.
The whirlewind commeth out of the South, and the colde from the North winde.
10 Flante Deo, concrescit gelu, et rursum latissimæ funduntur aquæ.
At the breath of God the frost is giuen, and the breadth of the waters is made narrowe.
11 Frumentum desiderat nubes, et nubes spargunt lumen suum.
He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.
12 Quæ lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne quod præceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum:
And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:
13 sive in una tribu, sive in terra sua, sive in quocumque loco misericordiæ suæ eas jusserit inveniri.
Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
14 Ausculta hæc, Job: sta, et considera mirabilia Dei.
Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God.
15 Numquid scis quando præceperit Deus pluviis, ut ostenderent lucem nubium ejus?
Diddest thou knowe when God disposed them? and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16 Numquid nosti semitas nubium magnas, et perfectas scientias?
Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude, and the wonderous workes of him, that is perfite in knowledge?
17 Nonne vestimenta tua calida sunt, cum perflata fuerit terra austro?
Or howe thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde?
18 Tu forsitan cum eo fabricatus es cælos, qui solidissimi quasi ære fusi sunt.
Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?
19 Ostende nobis quid dicamus illi: nos quippe involvimur tenebris.
Tell vs what we shall say vnto him: for we can not dispose our matter because of darknes.
20 Quis narrabit ei quæ loquor? etiam si locutus fuerit homo, devorabitur.
Shall it be told him when I speake? or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?
21 At nunc non vident lucem: subito aër cogetur in nubes, et ventus transiens fugabit eas.
And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.
22 Ab aquilone aurum venit, et ad Deum formidolosa laudatio.
The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.
23 Digne eum invenire non possumus: magnus fortitudine, et judicio, et justitia: et enarrari non potest.
It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.
24 Ideo timebunt eum viri, et non audebunt contemplari omnes qui sibi videntur esse sapientes.]
Let men therefore feare him: for he will not regarde any that are wise in their owne conceit.
