Job 37

1At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.

Super hoc expavit cor meum, et emotum est de loco suo.

2Hear ye attentively the terror of his voice, and the sound that cometh out of his mouth.

Audite auditionem in terrore vocis ejus, et sonum de ore illius procedentem.

3He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.

Subter omnes cælos ipse considerat, et lumen illius super terminos terræ.

4After it a noise shall roar, he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty, and shall not be found out, when his voice shall be heard.

Post eum rugiet sonitus; tonabit voce magnitudinis suæ: et non investigabitur, cum audita fuerit vox ejus.

5God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things.

Tonabit Deus in voce sua mirabiliter, qui facit magna et inscrutabilia;

6He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.

qui præcipit nivi ut descendat in terram, et hiemis pluviis, et imbri fortitudinis suæ;

7He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works.

qui in manu omnium hominum signat, ut noverint singuli opera sua.

8Then the beast shall go into his covert, and shall abide in his den.

Ingredietur bestia latibulum, et in antro suo morabitur.

9Out of the inner parts shall a tempest come, and cold out of the north.

Ab interioribus egredietur tempestas, et ab Arcturo frigus.

10When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.

Flante Deo, concrescit gelu, et rursum latissimæ funduntur aquæ.

11Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light:

Frumentum desiderat nubes, et nubes spargunt lumen suum.

12Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:

Quæ lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne quod præceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum:

13Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

sive in una tribu, sive in terra sua, sive in quocumque loco misericordiæ suæ eas jusserit inveniri.

14Hearken to these things, Job: Stand, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Ausculta hæc, Job: sta, et considera mirabilia Dei.

15Dost thou know when God commanded the rains, to shew his light of his clouds?

Numquid scis quando præceperit Deus pluviis, ut ostenderent lucem nubium ejus?

16Knowest thou the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect knowledges?

Numquid nosti semitas nubium magnas, et perfectas scientias?

17Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?

Nonne vestimenta tua calida sunt, cum perflata fuerit terra austro?

18Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.

Tu forsitan cum eo fabricatus es cælos, qui solidissimi quasi ære fusi sunt.

19Shew us what we may say to him: for we are wrapped up in darkness.

Ostende nobis quid dicamus illi: nos quippe involvimur tenebris.

20Who shall tell him the things I speak? even if a man shall speak, he shall be swallowed up.

Quis narrabit ei quæ loquor? etiam si locutus fuerit homo, devorabitur.

21But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.

At nunc non vident lucem: subito aër cogetur in nubes, et ventus transiens fugabit eas.

22Cold cometh out of the north, and to God praise with fear.

Ab aquilone aurum venit, et ad Deum formidolosa laudatio.

23We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.

Digne eum invenire non possumus: magnus fortitudine, et judicio, et justitia: et enarrari non potest.

24Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him.

Ideo timebunt eum viri, et non audebunt contemplari omnes qui sibi videntur esse sapientes.