When a plague sweeps through, he laughs at the death of the innocent.

若忽然遭杀害之祸，他必戏笑无辜的人遇难。

若灾祸忽然带来死亡，他必戏笑无辜人的苦难。

若灾祸忽然带来死亡，他必戏笑无辜人的苦难。

灾祸突然夺走人命时，祂嘲笑无辜者的遭遇。

灾祸忽然把人杀害的时候，他就必嘲笑无辜人的遭遇。

若忽然遭殺害之禍，他必戲笑無辜的人遇難。

若災禍忽然帶來死亡，他必戲笑無辜人的苦難。

若災禍忽然帶來死亡，他必戲笑無辜人的苦難。

災禍突然奪走人命時，祂嘲笑無辜者的遭遇。

災禍忽然把人殺害的時候，他就必嘲笑無辜人的遭遇。

若有災禍突然使人死亡，他是調弄無辜人之絕望。

如災忽行殺戮、無辜者遘難、彼必笑之、

人忽死亡、主使之然、無辜受難、主不之憫、

天主若忽焉降災、誅戮世人、不顧無辜者受難、

When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

Suppose a plague brings sudden death. Then he laughs when those who haven’t sinned lose hope.

When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.

When catastrophe brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

If the whip kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.

If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.’ I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the Lord your God be with you.”

Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons.Some died by stoning, some were sawed in half, and others were killed with the sword. Some went about wearing skins of sheep and goats, destitute and oppressed and mistreated.

It will put them all to the test. What chance do they have? says the Sovereign Lord.

“ Stop and think! Do the innocent die? When have the upright been destroyed?

“ I have come to plead with my lord the king because people have threatened me. I said to myself,‘ Perhaps the king will listen to me

So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

But for your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.

The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God ignores their moaning.

“ But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting at the oldest brother’s house,a messenger arrived at Job’s home with this news:“ Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them,when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news:“ The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, a third messenger arrived with this news:“ Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news:“ Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother’s home.Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the wilderness and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

“ Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn’t be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.“ Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem— war, famine, wild animals, and disease— destroying all her people and animals.