Catholic Public Domain Version
"Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged? "
— Job 21:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?”
“As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? ”
“As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?”
“Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?”
“Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?”
“As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?”
“As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?”
Then Job responded by saying:
I beseech you to hear my words and to do penance.
Permit me, and I will speak, and afterwards, if you see fit, you can laugh at my words.
Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged?
Listen to me and be astonished, and place a finger over your mouth.
As for me, when I think it over, I am afraid, and trembling convulses my body.
Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches?