Again Job describeth the miseries of man's life. 3. Nevertheless God's great providence towards him. 7. professeth his belief of the Resurrection.Againe Iob describeth the miseries of mans life. 3. Neuertheles Gods great prouidence towards him. 7. professeth his beleefe of the Resurrection.✦
Man born of woman, living a short time, is repletur: refilled, restocked; filled full with many miseries.MAN borne of woman, liuing a short time, is replenished with many miseiries.Homo natus de muliere, brevi vivens tempore, repletur multis miseriis.
2Who as a flower cometh forth and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never abideth in the same state.Who as a flowre cometh forth and is destroyed, & fleeth as a shadow, & neuer abideth in the same state.✦Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur, et fugit velut umbra, et numquam in eodem statu permanet.
3And doest thou count it a worthy thing to open thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him with thee into judgement?And doest thou counte it a worthy thing to open thine eies vpon such an one, and to bring him with thee into iudgement?✦Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos, et adducere eum tecum in judicium ?
4Who can make clean him that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou which only art?Who can make cleane him that is conceiued of vncleane seede? is it not thou which onlie art?✦Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine ? nonne tu qui solus es ?
5The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee, thou hast appointed his limits which can not be passed.The daies of man are short, & the number of his monethes is with thee, thou hast appointed his limittes which can not be passed.✦Breves dies hominis sunt : numerus mensium ejus apud te est : constituisti terminos ejus, qui præteriri non poterunt.
6Depart a little from him, that he may rest, until his day wished for, come, even as the hired man.Depart a litle from him, that he may rest, vntil his day wished for, come, euen as the hyred man.✦Recede paululum ab eo, ut quiescat, donec optata veniat, sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.
7A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it waxeth green again, and the boughs thereof spring.A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it waxeth greene againe, and the boughes thereof spring.Lignum habet spem : si præcisum fuerit, rursum virescit, et rami ejus pullulant.
8If his root be old in the earth, and the trunk thereof be dead in the dust.If his roote be old in the earth, and the truncke therof be dead in the dust.✦Si senuerit in terra radix ejus, et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,
9At the scent of water it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.At the sent of water it shal spring, and bring forth leaues, as when it was first planted.ad odorem aquæ germinabit, et faciet comam, quasi cum primum plantatum est.
10But when man shall be dead, and naked and consumed, where is he I pray?But when man shal be dead, and naked and consumed, where is he I pray?✦Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est ?
11As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and a river made empty should be dried up.As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and a riuer made emptie should be dried vp.✦Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari, et fluvius vacuefactus arescat :
12So man when he is asleep shall not rise again, till heaven perish, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.So man when he is a sleepe shal not rise agayne, til heauen perish, he shal not awake, nor rise vp out of his sleepe.sic homo, cum dormierit, non resurget : donec atteratur cælum, non evigilabit, nec consurget de somno suo.
13Who will grant me this, that in hell thou protect me, and hide me, till thy fury pass, and appoint me a time, wherein thou wilt remember me?Who wil grant me this, that in hel thou protect me, and hide me, til thy furie passe, and appoynt me a time, wherin thou wilt remember me?✦Quis mihi hoc tribuat, ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus, et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei ?
14Shall man that is dead, thinkest thou, live again? all the days, in which I am now in milito: military service, a soldier's term of hard service, I expect until my change do come.Shal man that is dead, thinkest thou, liue agayne? al the daies, in which I am now in warfare, I expect vntil my change do come.✦Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat ? cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito, expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.
15Thou shalt call me, and I shall answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach thy right hand.Thou shalt cal me, and I shal answer thee: to the worke of thy handes thou shalt reach thy right hand.✦Vocabis me, et ego respondebo tibi : operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.
16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps: but thou wilt spare my sins.Thou in dede hast numbred my steppes: but thou wilt spare my sinnes.✦Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti : sed parce peccatis meis.
17Thou hast sealed my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured mine iniquity.Thou hast sealed my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured mine iniquitie.✦Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.
18A mountain falling slideth down, and a rock is removed out of his place.A mountaine falling slideth downe, and a rock is remoued out of his place.✦Mons cadens defluit, et saxum transfertur de loco suo :
19Waters make stones hollow, and with alluvione: a flood, an overflowing of waters the earth by little and little is consumed: and men therefore thou shalt destroy in like manner.Waters make stones holow, and with inundation the earth by litle and litle is consumed: and men therfore thou shalt destroy in like maner.lapides excavant aquæ, et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur : et hominem ergo similiter perdes.
20Thou hast strengthened him a little that he might pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him forth.Thou hast strengthened him a litle that he might passe away foreuer: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him forth.✦Roborasti eum paululum, ut in perpetuum transiret : immutabis faciem ejus, et emittes eum.
21Whether his children shall be noble, or unnoble, he shall not understand.Whether his children shal be noble, or vnnoble, he shal not vnderstand.✦Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus, sive ignobiles, non intelliget.
22But yet his flesh whiles he shall live shall have sorrow, and his soul shall mourn upon himself.But yet his flesh whiles he shal liue shal haue sorow, & his soule shal mourne vpon himself.✦Attamen caro ejus, dum vivet, dolebit, et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.