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V ers. 54, - Quomodo igitur consolamini me frus- tra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati? 73. Sanctis quam odiosum mendacium. –Amici beati Job eum consolari non poterant, in quo suis sermonibus veritati contraibant. Cumque hunc hy- pocritam vel impium dicerent, per hoc quod ipsi mentientes perpetrabant culpam, augebant procul dubio poenam justi vulneribus afflicti. Nam sanctorum mentes, quia veritatem diligunt, etiam culpa falla- ciae torquet alienae. Quanto enim grave mendacii esse crimen aspiciunt, tanto hoc non solum in se, sed etiam in aliis oderunt.
(Verse 54) — How then do you comfort me in vain, when your answer has been shown to be contrary to the truth? 73. How hateful is a lie to the saints. — The friends of blessed Job could not comfort him, in whom by their words they were contradicting the truth. And when they called him a hypocrite or an impious man, by the very fact that they, lying, committed a fault, they undoubtedly increased the pain of the righteous man afflicted with wounds. For the minds of the saints, because they love the truth, are tormented even by the guilt of another's falsehood. For the more grievous they perceive the crime of a lie to be, the more they hate it not only in themselves but also in others.
（第五十四節）——那麼你們為何徒然安慰我，你們的回答既已顯明與真理相違？七十三、謊言對聖徒是何等可憎。——蒙福約伯的朋友們無法安慰他，因他們用言語與他一同違背真理。當他們稱他為偽善者或不虔之人時，正因他們說謊而犯了過錯，無疑就加深了這位受傷之義人的痛苦。因為聖徒的心既愛真理，甚至也因別人虛謊之罪而受折磨。因為他們越看出謊言之罪的嚴重，就越不僅在自己身上、也在別人身上憎惡它。