Of their own words Job confuteth his adversaries, that they have spoken that which they know not. 13. defendeth his own innocency. 22. desiring of God, if he be afflicted for secret sins, that he may know them.Of their owne wordes Iob confuteth his aduersaries, that they haue spoken that which they know not. 13. defendeth his owne innocencie. 22. desiring of God, if he be afflicted for secrete sinnes, that he may know them.✦
Behold mine eye hath seen all these things, and mine ear hath heard, and I have understood every thing.BEHOLD mine eie hath seene al these thinges, and mine eare hath heard, & I haue vnderstood euerie thing.Ecce omnia hæc vidit oculus meus, et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula.
2According to your knowledge I also do know: neither am I inferior to you.According to your knowledge I also do know: neither am I inferiour to you.✦Secundum scientiam vestram et ego novi : nec inferior vestri sum.
3But yet I will speak to the Omnipotent, and I covet to dispute with God.But yet I wil speake to the Omnipotent, and I couet to dispute with God.Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, et disputare cum Deo cupio :
4First showing you to be forgers of lying, and maintainers of perverse opinions.First shewing you to be forgers of lying, and mainteyners of peruerse opinions.✦prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii, et cultores perversorum dogmatum.
5And would God ye would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.And would God ye would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.✦Atque utinam taceretis, ut putaremini esse sapientes.
6Hear ye therefore my correptionem: reproofs, instructive rebukes, and attend the judgement of my lips.Heare ye therfore my correptions, and attend the iudgement of my lippes.✦Audite ergo correptionem meam, et judicium labiorum meorum attendite.
7Hath God need of your lie, that for him you speak dolos: deceits, treacherous stratagems.Hath God neede of your lye, that for him you speake guiles.✦Numquid Deus indiget vestro mendacio, ut pro illo loquamini dolos ?
8Do you take his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?Doe you take his person, and doe you endeuour to iudge for God?✦numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini ?
9Or shall it please him from whom nothing can be concealed, or shall he be deceived as a man, with your fraudulent dealings?Or shal it please him from whom nothing can be concealed, or shal he be deceiued as a man, with your fraudulent dealings?✦aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest ? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis ?
10He shall reprove you, because in secret you take his person.He shal reproue you, because in secrete you take his person.✦Ipse vos arguet, quoniam in abscondito faciem ejus accipitis.
11Forthwith as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his terror shall come violently upon you.Forthwith as he shal moue himself, he shal truble you: and his terrour shal come violently vpon you.Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, et terror ejus irruet super vos.
12Your memory shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought into clay.Your memorie shal be compared to ashes, and your neckes shal be brought into clay.✦Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri, et redigentur in lutum cervices vestræ.
13Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak, whatsoever my mind shall prompt me.Hold your peace a litle while, that I may speake, what soeuer my minde shal prompt me.✦Tacete paulisper, ut loquar quodcumque mihi mens suggesserit.
14Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?Why doe I teare my flesh with my teeth, & carie my soule in my handes?✦Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, et animam meam porto in manibus meis ?
15Although he shall kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.Although he shal kil me, I wil trust in him: but yet I wil reproue my waies in his sight.✦Etiam si occiderit me, in ipso sperabo : verumtamen vias meas in conspectu ejus arguam.
16And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come in his sight.And he shal be my sauiour: for no hypocrite shal come in his sight.Et ipse erit salvator meus : non enim veniet in conspectu ejus omnis hypocrita.
17Hear ye my word, and receive the obscure sayings with your ears.Heare ye my word, and receiue the obscure sayings with your eares.✦Audite sermonem meum, et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris.
18If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.If I shal be iudged, I know that I shal be found iust.✦Si fuero judicatus, scio quod justus inveniar.
19What is he that will be judged with me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?What is he that wil be iudged with me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?✦Quis est qui judicetur mecum ? veniat : quare tacens consumor ?
20Two things only do not to me, and then shall I not be hid from thy face:Two things only do not to me, and then shal I not be hid from thy face:Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar :
21Make thy hand far from me, and let not thy fear terrify me.Make thy hand far from me, and let not thy feare terrifie me.✦manum tuam longe fac a me, et formido tua non me terreat.
22Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.Cal me, and I wil answer thee: or els I wil speake, and doe thou answer me.✦Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi : aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi.
23How great iniquities and sins I have, my wicked deeds and my offences shew thou me.How great iniquites and sinnes I haue, my wicked deedes and my offences shewe thou me.✦Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata ? scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi.
24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thine enemy?Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thine enemy?✦Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum ?
25Against the leaf, that is violently taken with the wind, thou shewest thy might, and persecutest dry stubble.Against the leafe, that is violently taken with the wind, thou shewest thy might, and persecutest drie stuble.✦Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris :
26For thou writest bitterness against me, and wilt consume me with the sins of my youth.For thou writest bitternes against me, and wilt consume me with the sinnes of my youth.✦scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ.
27Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet.Thou hast put my feete in the stockes, and hast obserued al my pathes, and hast considered the steppes of my feete.✦Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, et observasti omnes semitas meas, et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti :
28Who as rottenness am to be consumed, and as a garment, that is eaten of the moth.Who as rottenes am to be consumed, and as a garment, that is eaten of the moth.✦qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.