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JOB |
Job - Wycliffe Bible(14c) |
Job - Douay Rheims(17c) |
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Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit: |
Forsothe the Lord answeride to Joob fro the whirlewynd, |
And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said : |
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Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos:
interrogabo te, et indica mihi.
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and seide, Girde thou as a man thi leendis,
and Y schal axe thee, and schewe thou to me. |
Gird up thy loins like a man:
I will ask thee, and do thou tell me. |
The LORD. Jb.40.7-41.34 |
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Numquid irritum facies judicium meum,
et condemnabis me, ut tu justificeris?
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Whether thou schalt make voide my doom,
and schalt condempne me, that thou be maad iust? |
Wilt thou make void my judgment:
and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified? |
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Et si habes brachium sicut Deus?
et si voce simili tonas?
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And if thou hast an arm, as God hath,
and if thou thundrist with lijk vois, |
And hast thou an arm like God,
and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? |
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Circumda tibi decorem, et in sublime erigere,
et esto gloriosus, et speciosis induere vestibus.
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take thou fairnesse aboute thee,
and be thou reisid an hiy,
and be thou gloriouse, and be thou clothid in faire clothis. |
Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high
and be glorious, and put on goodly garments. |
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Disperge superbos in furore tuo,
et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia.
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Distrie thou proude men in thi woodnesse,
and biholde thou, and make lowe ech bostere. |
Scatter the proud in thy indignation,
and behold every arrogant man, and humble him. |
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| 7 |
Respice cunctos superbos, et confunde eos,
et contere impios in loco suo.
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Biholde thou alle proude men, and schende thou hem;
and al tobreke thou wickid men in her place. |
Look on all that are proud, and confound them,
and crush the wicked in their place. |
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Absconde eos in pulvere simul,
et facies eorum demerge in foveam.
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Hide thou hem in dust togidere,
and drenche doun her faces in to a diche. |
Hide them in the dust together,
and plunge their faces into the pit. |
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| 9 |
Et ego confitebor
quod salvare te possit dextera tua.
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And Y schal knowleche,
that thi riyt hond may saue thee. |
Then I will confess
that thy right hand is able to save thee. |
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| 10 |
Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum,
fœnum quasi bos comedet.
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Lo! behemot, whom Y made with thee,
schal as an oxe ete hey. |
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee,
he eateth grass like an ox. |
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Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus,
et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.
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His strengthe is in hise leendis,
and his vertu is in the nawle of his wombe. |
His strength is in his loins,
and his force in the navel of his belly. |
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Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum;
nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.
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He streyneth his tail as a cedre;
the senewis of his stones of gendrure ben foldid togidere. |
He setteth up his tail like a cedar,
the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together. |
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Ossa ejus velut fistulæ æris;
cartilago illius quasi laminæ ferreæ.
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Hise boonys ben as the pipis of bras;
the gristil of hym is as platis of yrun. |
His bones are like pipes of brass,
his gristle like plates of iron. |
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Ipse est principium viarum Dei:
qui fecit eum applicabit gladium ejus.
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He is the bigynnyng of the weies of God;
he, that made hym, schal sette his swerd to hym. |
He is the beginning of the ways of God,
who made him, he will apply his sword. |
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Huic montes herbas ferunt:
omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.
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Hillis beren eerbis to this behemot;
alle the beestis of the feeld pleien there. |
To him the mountains bring forth grass :
there all the beasts of the field shall play. |
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Sub umbra dormit in secreto calami,
et in locis humentibus.
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He slepith vndur schadewe,
in the pryuete of rehed, in moiste places. |
He sleepeth under the shadow,
in the covert of the reed, and in moist places. |
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Protegunt umbræ umbram ejus:
circumdabunt eum salices torrentis.
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Schadewis hilen his schadewe;
the salewis of the ryuer cumpassen hym. |
The shades cover his shadow,
the willows of the brook shall compass him about. |
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Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur,
et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus.
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He schal soupe vp the flood, and he schal not wondre;
he hath trist, that Jordan schal flowe in to his mouth. |
Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder:
and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth. |
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In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum,
et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.
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He schal take hem bi the iyen of hym, as bi an hook;
and bi scharpe schaftis he schal perse hise nosethirlis. |
In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him,
and bore through his nostrils with stakes. |
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| 20 |
An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo,
et fune ligabis linguam ejus?
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Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an hook,
and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge? |
Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook,
or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? |
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| 21 |
Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus,
aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus?
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Whethir thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nosethirlis,
ethir schalt perse hyse cheke with an hook? |
Canst thou put a ring in his nose,
or bore through his jaw with a buckle? |
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Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces,
aut loquetur tibi mollia?
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Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee,
ether schal speke softe thingis to thee? |
Will he make many supplications to thee,
or speak soft words to thee? |
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Numquid feriet tecum pactum,
et accipies eum servum sempiternum?
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Whether he schal make couenaunt with thee,
and thou schalt take him a seruaunt euerlastinge? |
Will he make a covenant with thee,
and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever? |
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Numquid illudes ei quasi avi,
aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?
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Whether thou schalt scorne hym as a brid,
ethir schalt bynde hym to thin handmaidis? |
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird,
or tie him up for thy handmaids? |
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Concident eum amici?
divident illum negotiatores?
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Schulen frendis kerue hym,
schulen marchauntis departe hym? |
Shall friends cut him in pieces,
shall merchants divide him? |
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Numquid implebis sagenas pelle ejus,
et gurgustium piscium capite illius?
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Whether thou schalt fille nettis with his skyn,
and a leep of fischis with his heed? |
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin,
and the cabins of fishes with his head? |
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Pone super eum manum tuam:
memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.
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Schalt thou putte thin hond on hym?
haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no more to speke. |
Lay thy hand upon him:
remember the battle, and speak no more. |
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Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum,
et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur. |
Lo! his hope schal disseyue hym;
and in the siyt of alle men he schal be cast doun. |
Behold his hope shall fail him,
and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. |
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