Catholic Public Domain Version
"Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw. "
— Job 13:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?”
“Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? ”
“Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?”
“Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?”
“Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.”
“Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?”
“Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?”
Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me.
How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me.
Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?
Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.
For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.
You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet.
I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths.