Holy Job, instructed and comforted by God's discourse, acknowledgeth his fault, and craveth pardon for his oversight in speech, or cogitation. 7. God justifieth his cause against his friends. 9. They offer sacrifice for their offence. 10. All things prosper with Job, double to that he had before. 16. and he dieth happily.Holie Iob instructed & comforted by Gods discourse, acknowlegeth his fault, and craueth pardon for his ouersight in speach, or cogitation. 7. God iustifieth his cause against his freindes. 9. They offer sacrifice for their offence. 10. Al thinges prosper with Iob, duble to that he had before. 16. and he dieth happely.✦
And Job answering our Lord, said:AND Iob answering our Lord, sayd:Respondens autem Job Domino, dixit :
2I know that thou canst do all things, and no cogitatio: thought is hid from thee.I know that thou canst doe al thinges, and no cogitation is hid from thee.Scio quia omnia potes, et nulla te latet cogitatio.
3Who is this, that concealeth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I spoken unwisely, and the things that did exceed my knowledge beyond measure.Who is this, that concealeth counsel without knowledge? Therfore haue I spoken vnwisely, and the thinges that did excede my knowledge beyond mesure.✦Quis est iste qui celat consilium absque scientia ? ideo insipienter locutus sum, et quæ ultra modum excederent scientiam meam.
4Hear (I beseech thee) and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.Heare (I besech thee) and I wil speake: I wil aske thee, and do thou tel me.✦Audi, et ego loquar : interrogabo te, et responde mihi.
5With the hearing of the ear I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.With the hearing of the eare I haue heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.✦Auditu auris audivi te : nunc autem oculus meus videt te.
6Therefore I reprehendo: rebuke; reprove, convict in fault myself, and I do penance in embers and ashes.Therfore I reprehend my self, and I do penance in imbers and ashes.✦Idcirco ipse me reprehendo, et ago pœnitentiam in favilla et cinere.
7And after our Lord spake these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My fury is wrath against thee, and against thy two friends, because you have not spoken right before me, as my servant Job.And after our Lord spake these wordes to Iob, he sayd to Eliphaz the Themanite: My furie is wrath against thee, and against thy two frendes, because you haue not spoken right before me, as my seruant Iob.¶✦Postquam autem locutus est Dominus verba hæc ad Job, dixit ad Eliphaz Themanitem : Iratus est furor meus in te, et in duos amicos tuos, quoniam non estis locuti coram me rectum, sicut servus meus Job.
8Take therefore unto you seven oxen, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer holocaustum: whole burnt offering for your selves: and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will receive, that the folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job.Take therfore vnto you seuen oxen, and seuen rammes, and goe to my seruant Iob, and offer holocauste for your selues: and my seruant Iob shal pray for you: his face I wil receiue, that the follie be not imputed to you: for you haue not spoken right thinges before me, as my seruant Iob.¶✦Sumite ergo vobis septem tauros et septem arietes, et ite ad servum meum Job, et offerte holocaustum pro vobis : Job autem servus meus orabit pro vobis. Faciem ejus suscipiam, ut non vobis imputetur stultitia : neque enim locuti estis ad me recta, sicut servus meus Job.
9Eliphaz therefore the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as our Lord had spoken to them, and our Lord received the face of Job.Eliphaz therfore the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as our Lord had spoken to them, and our Lord receiued the face of Iob.✦Abierunt ergo Eliphaz Themanites, et Baldad Suhites, et Sophar Naamathites, et fecerunt sicut locutus fuerat Dominus ad eos : et suscepit Dominus faciem Job.
10Our Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And our Lord added all things whatsoever had been Job's, double.Our Lord also was turned at the penance of Iob, when he prayed for his freindes. And our Lord added al thinges whatsoeuer had bene Iobes, duble.✦Dominus quoque conversus est ad pœnitentiam Job, cum oraret ille pro amicis suis : et addidit Dominus omnia quæcumque fuerant Job, duplicia.
11And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they did eat bread with him in his house: and moverunt caput: shook in mockery; shook in sympathy the head upon him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought in upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one inaurem: earring of gold.And al his brethren came to him, and al his sisters, and al that knew him before, and they did eate bread with him in his house: and wagged the head vpon him, and comforted him vpon al the euil that God had brought in vpon him. And euerie man gaue him one ewe, and one earelet of gold.✦Venerunt autem ad eum omnes fratres sui, et universæ sorores suæ, et cuncti qui noverant eum prius, et comederunt cum eo panem in domo ejus : et moverunt super eum caput, et consolati sunt eum super omni malo quod intulerat Dominus super eum : et dederunt ei unusquisque ovem unam, et inaurem auream unam.
12And our Lord blessed the last days of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.And our Lord blessed the last daies of Iob more then his beginning. And he had fourtene thousand sheepe, and six thousand camels, & a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.✦Dominus autem benedixit novissimis Job magis quam principio ejus : et facta sunt ei quatuordecim millia ovium, et sex millia camelorum, et mille juga boum, et mille asinæ.
13And he had seven sons, and three daughters.And he had seuen sonnes, and three daughters.✦Et fuerunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ.
14And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibii.And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, & the name of the third Cornustibij.✦Et vocavit nomen unius Diem, et nomen secundæ Cassiam, et nomen tertiæ Cornustibii.
15And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.And there were not found in al the earth wemen so beautiful as the daughters of Iob: and their father gaue them inheritance among their brethren.✦Non sunt autem inventæ mulieres speciosæ sicut filiæ Job in universa terra : deditque eis pater suus hæreditatem inter fratres earum.
16And Job lived after these things, an hundred forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and full of days.And Iob liued after these thinges, an hundred fourtie yeares, and he saw his children, and his childrens children, vnto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and ful of daies.✦Vixit autem Job post hæc centum quadraginta annis, et vidit filios suos, et filios filiorum suorum usque ad quartam generationem : et mortuus est senex, et plenus dierum.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
7You have not spoken right, as my servant Job. Holy Job being throughly tried in the furnace of tribulation, and by divine instruction confirmed in perfect patience, and other virtues, God at last gave sentence, condemning the guilty, and justifying the innocent: in plain terms pronouncing that Eliphaz, Baldad, and Sophar had not spoken right before him, as his servant Job. And so these three being convinced, that notwithstanding their former pretence of defending God's cause, they had erred, and Job had maintained the truth, they submitted themselves as faulty, and humbly did penance, bringing their oblations for sacrifice to Job, as they were commanded. v. 8. & 9. As for Eliu the last disputer, persisting more vehement in his error when others ceased from contention, he was sufficiently condemned in his fellows. And the rather for that true point of his own doctrine (ch. 33. v. 14) that God speaketh once, and repeateth not the same, the second time. For it was ever a general rule, that when God once revealed any thing by public fact, or unto competent witnesses, it sufficed for ever, to all reasonable men, and so Eliu might apply the sentence to himself, which God had denounced to his three friends, in the same cause. Much less are Protestants excusable, which not only persist in errors condemned in their own fellows, as in Luther, Calvin, Beza & others, but also in other old heresies: as their doctrine of justification by only faith condemned in the Apostles' time: their denying the ceremonies of Baptism, & the Sacraments of Confirmation: & of Penance, condemned in the Novatians: or that patient sustaining of worldly losses, and other afflictions, such as Job suffered, are not satisfactory, or meritorious works.You have not spoken right, as my servant Job. Holy Job being throughly tried in the furnace of tribulation, and by divine instruction confirmed in perfect patience, and other virtues, God at last gave sentence, condemning the guilty, and justifying the innocent: in plain terms pronouncing that Eliphaz, Baldad, and Sophar had not spoken right before him, as his servant Job. And so these three being convinced, that notwithstanding their former pretence of defending God's cause, they had erred, and Job had maintained the truth, they submitted themselves as faulty, and humbly did penance, bringing their oblations for sacrifice to Job, as they were commanded. v. 8. & 9. As for Eliu the last disputer, persisting more vehement in his error when others ceased from contention, he was sufficiently condemned in his fellows. And the rather for that true point of his own doctrine (ch. 33. v. 14) that God speaketh once, and repeateth not the same, the second time. For it was ever a general rule, that when God once revealed any thing by public fact, or unto competent witnesses, it sufficed for ever, to all reasonable men, and so Eliu might apply the sentence to himself, which God had denounced to his three friends, in the same cause. Much less are Protestants excusable, which not only persist in errors condemned in their own fellows, as in Luther, Calvin, Beza & others, but also in other old heresies: as their doctrine of justification by only faith condemned in the Apostles' time: their denying the ceremonies of Baptism, & the Sacraments of Confirmation: & of Penance, condemned in the Novatians: or that patient sustaining of worldly losses, and other afflictions, such as Job suffered, are not satisfactory, or meritorious works.
8Take seven oxen, and seven rams. In the number of seven is a mystery of perfection and fullness, often used in holy scripture. For God creating the world and all things therein, in six days, rested the seventh. Sevenfold punishment was required for Cain. Seven pairs of clean beasts were conserved in Noe's ark. And in the law the ground rested from tillage the seventh year. with innumerable the like. As S. Gregory in this place, and other Fathers note in their works. Also twice seven victims offered in sacrifice, import the greatness of these men's offence in accusing Job, and in avouching their false opinion.Take seven oxen, and seven rams. In the number of seven is a mystery of perfection and fullness, often used in holy scripture. For God creating the world and all things therein, in six days, rested the seventh. Sevenfold punishment was required for Cain. Seven pairs of clean beasts were conserved in Noe's ark. And in the law the ground rested from tillage the seventh year. with innumerable the like. As S. Gregory in this place, and other Fathers note in their works. Also twice seven victims offered in sacrifice, import the greatness of these men's offence in accusing Job, and in avouching their false opinion.
8Job shall pray for you. Neither had so many sacrifices sufficed, as S. Chrysostom observeth, Orat. 5. in Iudæos, unless Job also had prayed for the offenders. Where we see that both Sacrifice, & the devotion of him that offereth it, have their effects: whereof cometh the distinction used in Schools, of Opus operatum, and Opus operantis. As it is manifest likewise, that mediation of one man for another, did not derogate from God's benign mercy, in the law of nature, wherein these men lived. Nor now from Christ's mediation, in the law of Grace. 2. Cor. 1. v. 11.Job shall pray for you. Neither had so many sacrifices sufficed, as S. Chrysostom observeth, Orat. 5. in Iudæos, unless Job also had prayed for the offenders. Where we see that both Sacrifice, & the devotion of him that offereth it, have their effects: whereof cometh the distinction used in Schools, of Opus operatum, and Opus operantis. As it is manifest likewise, that mediation of one man for another, did not derogate from God's benign mercy, in the law of nature, wherein these men lived. Nor now from Christ's mediation, in the law of Grace. 2. Cor. 1. v. 11.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.