For the grievousness of his pain Job expecteth speedy death, 4. chargeth his friends with folly for holding only remuneration in this life. 6. himself hopeth happier rest in the other world.For the greuousnes of his paine iob expecteth speedie death, 4. chargeth his freindes with folie for holding only remuneration in this life. 6. himself hopeth happie rest in the other world.✦
My spirit shall be attenuabitur: weakened, wasted away, my days shall be shortened, and the grave only remaineth for me.MY spirit shal be extenuated, my daies shal be shortened, and the graue only remaineth for me.Spiritus meus attenuabitur ; dies mei breviabuntur : et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.
2I have not sinned, and mine eye abideth in bitterness.I haue not sinned, and mine eie abideth in bitternesse.Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
3Deliver me, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.Deliuer me, and set me beside thee, and let anie mans hand fight against me.✦Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.
4Thou hast made their heart far from disciplina: instruction, training, and therefore they shall not be exalted.Thou hast made their hart far from discipline, and therfore they shal not be exalted.✦Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina : propterea non exaltabuntur.
5He promiseth a prey to his fellows, and the eyes of his children shall fail.He promiseth a praye to his felowes, and the eies of his children shal faile.✦Prædam pollicetur sociis, et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.
6He hath set me as it were for a proverb of the common people, and I am an example before them.He hath set me as it were for a prouerbe of the comon people, and I am an example before them.✦Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi, et exemplum sum coram eis.
7Mine eye is dim for indignation, and my members are brought as it were to nothing.Mine eie is dimne for indignation, and my members are brought as it were to nothing.✦Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus, et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt.
8The just shall be stupebunt: stunned, struck senseless upon this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.The iust shal be astonied vpon this, and the innocent shal be raised vp against the hypocrite.✦Stupebunt justi super hoc, et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur.
9And the just shall hold his way, and with clean hands shall add strength.And the iust shal hold his way, and with cleane handes shal adde strength.✦Et tenebit justus viam suam, et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem.
10Be all you therefore converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.Be al you therfore conuerted, and come, and I shal not finde among you anie wiseman.✦Igitur omnes vos convertimini, et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.
11My days have passed, my cogitationes: thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart:My daies haue passed, my cogitations are dissipated, tormenting my hart:✦Dies mei transierunt ; cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt, torquentes cor meum.
12Night they have turned into day, and again after darkness I hope for light.Night they haue turned into day, and againe after darkenesse I hope for light.✦Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.
13If I shall sustinuero: wait for, await, hell is my house, and in darkness I have made my bed.If I shal expect, * hel is my house, and in darkenesse I haue made my bed.Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
14I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father, my mother, and my sister, to worms.I haue sayd to rottenes: Thou art my father, my mother, and my sister, to wormes.✦Putredini dixi : Pater meus es ; Mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus.
15Where is now then my expectation, and my patience who considereth?Where is now then my expectation, and my patience who considereth?✦Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea ? et patientiam meam quis considerat ?
16All my things shall descend into most deep hell: there at the least, shall I have rest thinkest thou?Al my thinges shal descend into most deepe hel: there at the least, shal I haue rest thinkest thou?✦In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea : putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.