Job, moved by his importunate friends, 4. expostulateth their severity, 12. further describeth his afflictions, and appealeth to God's judgement, that he suffereth more than his sins deserve.Iob moued by his importune freindes, 4. expostulateth their seueritie, 12. further describeth his afflictions, and appealeth to Gods iudgement, that he suffereth more then his sinnes deserue.✦
But Job answering said:BVT Iob answering sayd:Respondens autem Job, dixit :
2I have heard often times such things, onerosi: weighty; burdensome, wearisome comforters you are all.I haue heard often times such things, heauie conforters you are al.✦Audivi frequenter talia : consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis.
3Shall words full of wind have an end? or is any thing troublesome to thee, if thou speak?Shal wordes ful of winde haue an end? or is anie thing trublesome to thee, if thou speake?✦Numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa ? aut aliquid tibi molestum est, si loquaris ?
4I also could speak things like to you: and would God your soul were for my soul.I also could speake thinges like to you: and would God your soule were for my soule.Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea :
5I also would comfort you with words, and would wag my head upon you.I also would confort you with wordes, and would wag my head vpon you.consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, et moverem caput meum super vos ;
6I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would moue my lippes, as sparing you.roborarem vos ore meo, et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis.
7But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.But what shal I doe? If I speake, my paine wil not rest: and if I hold my peace, it wil not depart from me.✦Sed quid agam ? Si locutus fuero, non quiescet dolor meus, et si tacuero, non recedet a me.
8But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.But now my sorow hath oppressed me, and al my limmes are brought to nothing.Nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus, et in nihilum redacti sunt omnes artus mei.
9My wrinkles give testimony against me, and a false speaker is raised up against my face contradicting me.My wrinkles giue testimonie against me, and a false speaker is rayled vp against my face contradicting me.✦Rugæ meæ testimonium dicunt contra me, et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam, contradicens mihi.
10He hath gathered his fury upon me, and threatening me hath gnashed against me with his teeth, mine enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.He hath gathered his furie vpon me, and threatening me hath gnathed against me with his teeth, mine enemy hath beheld me with terrible eies.✦Collegit furorem suum in me, et comminans mihi, infremuit contra me dentibus suis : hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est.
11They have opened their mouths upon me, and exprobrantes: upbraiding, reproaching have stricken my cheek, they are filled with my pains.They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and exprobating haue strooken my cheke, they are filled with my paines.Aperuerunt super me ora sua, et exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam : satiati sunt pœnis meis.
12God hath shut me up with the wicked man, and hath delivered me to the hands of the impious.God hath shut me vp with the wicked man, and hath deliuered me to the hands of the impious.✦Conclusit me Deus apud iniquum, et manibus impiorum me tradidit.
13I, quondam: occasionally; formerly, once that wealthy one, suddenly am broken: he hath held my neck, broken me, and set me to himself as it were a mark.I sometime that welthie one sodenly am broken: he hath held my necke, broken me, and set me to himself as it were a marke.✦Ego ille quondam opulentus, repente contritus sum : tenuit cervicem meam, confregit me, et posuit me sibi quasi in signum.
14He hath circumdedit: surrounded, encompassed me with his spears, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out on the earth my bowels.He hath compassed me with his speares, he hath wounded my loynes, he hath not spared, and hath powred out on the earth my bowels.✦Circumdedit me lanceis suis ; convulneravit lumbos meos : non pepercit, et effudit in terra viscera mea.
15He hath cut me with wound upon wound, he hath come violently upon me as it were a giant.He hath cut me with wound vpon wound, he hath come violently vpon me as it were a giant.✦Concidit me vulnere super vulnus : irruit in me quasi gigas.
16I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.I haue sowed sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue couered my flesh with ashes.✦Saccum consui super cutem meam, et operui cinere carnem meam.
17My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyeliddes are dimme.✦Facies mea intumuit a fletu, et palpebræ meæ caligaverunt.
18These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, whereas I had clean prayers to God.These thinges haue I suffred without the iniquitie of my hand, wheras I had cleane prayers to God.✦Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.
19Earth cover not my blood, neither let my cry find place in thee to be hid.Earth couer not my bloud, neither let my crie find place in thee to be hid.✦Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus :
20For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience on high.For behold my witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth my conscience on high.✦ecce enim in cælo testis meus, et conscius meus in excelsis.
21My friends full of words: mine eye distilleth unto God.My freindes ful of wordes: mine eie distilleth vnto God.✦Verbosi amici mei : ad Deum stillat oculus meus :
22And would God a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion.And would God a man might so be iudged with God, as the sonne of man is iudged with his companion.✦atque utinam sic judicaretur vir cum Deo, quomodo judicatur filius hominis cum collega suo.
23For behold the short years pass away, and I walk the path, by the which I shall not return.For behold the short yeares passe away, and I walke the path, by the which I shal not returne.Ecce enim breves anni transeunt, et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.