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῾γπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφὰρ ὁ Μειναῖος λέγει

Οὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα·

καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἤ καὶ ἐγώ.

¹³

παιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι,

καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκριθήσεταί μοι.

μὴ ταῦτα ἔγνως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτι,

ἀφʼ οὖ ἐτέθη ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;

εὐφροσύνη δὲ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον,

χαρμονὴ δέ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια·

ἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα,

ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται.

ὅταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι,

τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται·

οἱ δὲ εἰδότες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσιν Ποῦ ἐστιν;

ὥσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ,

ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν·

ὀφθαλμὸς παρέβλεψεν, καὶ οὐ προσθήσει,

καὶ οὐκ ἔτι προσνοήσει αὐτὸν ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ.

τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες,

αἱ δέ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύναις.

ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ,

καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται.

ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία,

κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ,

οὐ φείσεται αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτήν·

καὶ συνάξει αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάρυγγος αὐτοῦ,

καὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ·

χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ.

πλοῦτος ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεσθήσεται,

ἐξ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἐξελκύσει αὐτὸν ἄγγελος.

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θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν,

ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως.

μὴ δοι ἴμελξιν νομάδων

μηδέ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου.

εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασεν,

πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται

ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος, ἀκατάποτος.

πολλῶν γὰρ δυνατῶν οἴκους ἔθλασεν·

δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασεν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν.

οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ σωτηρία τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν,

ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται.

οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόλιμμα τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ,

διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀγαθά.

ὅταν δὲ δοκῆ ᾔδη πεπληρῶσθαι, θλβήσεται,

πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται.

εἴ πως πληρώσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ,

ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπʼ αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆς.

νίψαι ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὀδύνας·

καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου,

τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον·

διεξέλθοι δὲ διὰ σώματος αὐτοῦ βέλος,

ἄστρα δὲ ἐν διαίταις αὐτοῦ περιπατήσαισαν·

ἐπʼ αὐτῷ φόβοι,

πᾶν δὲ σκότος αὐτῷ ὑπομείναι

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κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον,

κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον.

ἀνακαλύψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας,

γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ.

ἑλκύσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀπωλία εἰς τέλος,

ἡμέρα ὀργῆς ἐπέλθοι αὐτῷ.

αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ Κυρίου,

καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου.

Job. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

Current edition First1KGreek

Ἰώβ (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

Editions (1)

Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 20.1 focus

Τὸν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη Σωφὰρ Ναματίτης·

Τούνεκά μ' ὀτρύνεσκεν ἐμοῦ μελεδήματα θυμοῦ,

Τούνεκα καὶ σπεύδω, μεμαὼς κατεναντίον εἰπεῖν.

Αἶσχος ἐμὸν, λώβην τε κακὴν, καὶ ἔλεγχος ἄκουσα,

Καί τι ἔπος μ' ἐκφᾶναι ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἀνώγει.

Ἦ ῥα τό γ' ἐκ πάλαι οἶδα, τῷ δ' ἐγκάτθεο θυμῷ;

Ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτον ἐπὶ χθονὸς ἄνδρες ἔναιον·

Ὅτι κακοὶ μάλα βαιὸν ἐπὶ χρόνον εὐχετόωνται,

Ἀνδρός θ' ὑπερφιάλοιο μινυνθάδιον πέλε χάρμα;

Εἰ καὶ ὑπειρεχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐς οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἱκάνοι,

Εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑψικάρηνος ἐνὶ νεφέλῃσι μιγείη,

Ἀγλαΐῃ τε μέγα φρονέων, καὶ κύδεϊ γαίων·

Αὐτὰρ ὅμως ἀπόλωλε διαμπερὲς, ἠΰτε κόπρος

Παμμίαρος, στυγερὴ, τῆς καὶ ὀλοώτατος ὀδμή.

Καί νύ κέ τις τότε εἴποι ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον ἄλλον,

Ποῦ ὅγ' ἀνὴρ νῦν ἐστιν, ὅτ' οὐκέτι που μιν ὁρῶμαι;

Ἀλλ' αἰεὶ τὸ πάρος γε μετ' πρώτοισι φάνεσκεν.

Ὤιχετ' ἀποπτάμενος σκιοειδέϊ ἶσος ὀνείρῳ·

Οὔλῳ, ὃς τάχ' ὄλωλεν, ἐπεὶ βλέφαρ' ὕπνος ἀνῆκε·

Καί νύ κέ τις αὐτὸν διζήμενος εἴ μιν ἐφεύροι,

Εἰδώλοις γε ὁμοῖος ἀπῴχετο νυκτερινοῖσιν.

Οὐδέ μιν ὀφθαλμὸς πάλιν ὄψεται, ὃς πρὶν ὄπωπει,

Οὐδέ τι μιν χῶρος, τίν τε προπάροιθεν ἔχεσκεν.

Υἱέες οἱ ἱέμενοι καὶ συρφετὸν ἱλάσκεσθαι,

Μειλιχίοισι λόγοισι νόον θέλξουσι πενιχρῶν,

Καὶ πτωχοῖς ἐπέεσσι καθάψονται μαλακοῖσιν·

Κτήματα δ' ὅσσα βίῃ σφιν ἀφείλετο νηλέϊ θυμῷ,

Ἄψ ἐθέλων ἀρέσαι, χείρεσσιν ἑῇσιν ἀποίσει.

Ὀστέα δ' ῆς ἄτης ἐμπίμπλαται, ὃς ἔοργε·

Τὸ πρὶν, ἔτ' ἠβώων, ὅτε οἱ βίη ἔμπεδος ῆεν,

Νῦν δ' ἄρα τηκεδόνι στυγερῇ ἔχεται ἀμφὶ μέλεσσιν·

Ἦν διὰ μαχλοσύνην, χαλεπὴ δ' οἱ νῆσος ὀπηδεῖ,

Ἥδε τέ οἱ ἔσται ὁμοδέμνιος ἐν κονίῃσιν.

Εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ στόματι γλυκίων μέλιτος πέλεν αὐτῷ,

Ἦ οἱ ὑπὸ γλώσσησιν ἀτασθαλίη κεκάλυπτο·

Εἰ δὴ καὶ ἐνδυκέως περιδύσεται, οὐδὲ μεθῆκεν,

Ἀλλ' ἔχετ' ἀστεμφέως, μέσσω δ' ἐπόρουσε λάρυγγι·

Ἀλλὰ μετηλλάχθη οἱ ἐνὶ σπλάγχνοισιν ἐδωδὴ,

Οἷά τε πευκεδανοῦ χόλος ἀσπίδος ἔνδον ἐτύχθη.

Ὅσσον δ' ἁρπαλέως ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἄφυξεν,

Ἐξεμέσει πάλιν, ὡς ὅτ' ἐράζετο οἰνοβαρείων

Ἀνὴρ κραιπαλόων, φάρυγος δ' ἐξέσσυτο οἶνος·

Ὧς ὅγ' ἂν ἐξεμέσειεν ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ

Χρήμαθ' ἅπερ κατέδαψε· Θεὸς δ' ἐκ γαστέρος ἔλξει.

Καὶ τότε μυζήσει θανατηφόρον ἀσπίδος ἰὸν,

Καί μιν ἔῃ γλώσσῃ κτενέει λαοπλῆτις ἔχιδνα.

Οὐ μὴ ἴδοι ποταμοὺς, οὐ νάματα καλλιρέεθρα,

Οὐ μέλιτος ποταμοὺς, οὐ νάματα βουτύροιο.

Οὔ ποθ' ἑοῦ καρπὸν βρώσει πόνου, ἀλλ' ἀποδώσει,

Οὔπω γευσάμενος ὡς ἐὼν καμάτου παλαμάων·

Χρήματά θ' ὅσσ' ἑτέρων ἀποαίνυτο, τόσσα μεθήσει,

Οὐκέτ' ἀγαλλόμενος πλάτῳ κτεάτεσσί τε πολλοῖς.

Οὕνεκα τὶν πτωχὸν τρύχεσκεν ἀπηλέϊ θυμῷ,

Ἠδὲ κακῶς ἀφίει κεχρημένον ἄνδρα προΐκτην·

Οἶκον ἀπ' ἀλλότριον, τίν τ' οὐδέ ποτ' αὐτὸς ἔδειμεν,

Εἵλετο, ἠνορέῃ πίσυνος καὶ κάρτεϊ χειρῶν·

Ἄμμορος ἡσυχίης γαστήρ οἱ ἔσσετ᾽ ἄναλτος,

Νωλεμέως ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένη ὀξείῃσι·

Τῶν δέ μιν ἵμερος αἱρεῖ, ἐς αὔριον ἔτι σαώσει.

Οὐδέ τι τυτθὸν ἑῆς ἔσται περίλοιπον ἐδωδῆς·

Μαψιδίως τις ἄν εἴη ἑὸν ποτιδέγμενος ὄλβον,

Ὅν κε λίπῃσι θανών· ἦ γάρ οἱ ὄλωλεν ἅπαντα.

Ὡς ἅλις οἱ φῆ ᾖ, ὀϊομένῳ κορέσασθαι,

Ἐξαπίνης χρεώ μιν ἱκάνεται οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτὸς,

Μέσσῃ τ᾽ ἐν θαλίῃ κρατερή οἱ ἐπῆλθεν ἀνάγκη·

Καί οἱ ἀλιτρῶν φῦλα βαρείας χεῖρας ἐπείσει.

Ὄφρα κὲ ἀσπασίως μέλλει σίτοιο πάσασθαι,

Ὡς ἐπ᾽ ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἰάλλει,

Τῷ ἔπι αἶψα Θεὸς ῥίψει βαρυμήνιδα θυμὸν

Καὶ μέσσῃ ἐνὶ δαιτὶ (κόρος δέ μιν οὔπω ἵκανεν)

Ὡς ὅτε ταρφειὰς νιφάδας κατέχευεν ἔραζε.

Εἰ καὶ ἐνὶ πολέμῳ ἠλεύατο χάλκεον ἔγχος,

Ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὧς μέλλει σόος ἔμμεναι· ὡς γὰρ ἔφαζες,

Δεινὴ κλαγγὴ ὤρτο σιδηρείοιο βιοῖο,

Λίγξε βιὸς, νευρὴ δὲ μέγ᾽ ἴαχεν, ἆλτο δ᾽ ὀϊστὸς

Ὀξυβελὴς, θάνατόν τε φέρων καὶ κῆρα μέλαιναν,

Τὸν δὲ μέσον τόρησε, φίλον δ᾽ εξαίνυτο θυμόν.

Ἕλκεται ἐκ κολεοῖο λιλαομένου χροὸς ἆσαι,

Ἀντικρὺ δὲ ἁπαλοῖο διὰ χροὸς ἤλυθ᾽ ἀκωκὴ,

Καὶ χόλον οἱ διέπειρεν ἀστράπτον ξίφος ὀξὺ,

Πᾶν δ᾽ ὑπεθερμάνθη ἑῷ αἵματι, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα.

Αἰεί μιν τρόμος αἰνὸς ἔχει, καὶ τάρβος ἄλατον.

Πᾶν δέ οἱ ἐνδόμυχον σκότος ἔσσεται εἰνὶ μελάθρῳ,

Καὶ ἀχλὺς ἐρεβεννὴ ἑῷ ἐνὶ κεύθεσιν οἴκου·

Θεσπιδαὴς δὲ φλὸξ, ἥ τ᾽ ἐκ φύσησιν ἐγέρθη,

Πάγχυ μιν ἐκπορθήσει, καὶ εἴ νύ τις οἱ μετόπισθεν

Ἐν κλισίῃφι λέλειπτο, κακῶς ἄρα ἔσσετ᾽ αὐτῷ.

Οὐρανὸς ἀμφάδιον θήσει κακὸν, ὅττι ἔοργε·

Νήπιος· ἦ γὰρ ἔφη λήσειν Θεόν· ἂν δέ τε γαῖα

Στήσεται εἰνὶ θέμιστι καθ᾽ αὐτοῦ ψῆφον ἐνεῖκαι.

Πᾶς δέ οἱ ὄλβος ὄλωλε, Θεοῦ ἀπομηνίσαντος,

Χρήματα δ᾽ ἐξ οἴκου ῥέεν, ὡς ἀπατήλιον ὕδωρ.

Ἡ μοῖρ᾽ ἀνέρος ἐστὶν, ὃς οὐκ ὄθετ᾽ αἴσυλα ῥέζων,

Ἥδ᾽ οἱ θέσφατίς ἐστι πάλαι τε πεπρωμένη αἶσα

Δυσλώφ᾽· ὡς γάρ οἱ ἐπέκλωσεν τάγε Δαίμων.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 20 focus

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me.

Don’t you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?

Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,

Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.

His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

He shall suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue shall kill him.

He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.

The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 20.1 focus

[1] And Sophar the Naamathite answered and said to him:

[2] Therefore the cares of my heart urged me on, and therefore I too hasten, eager to speak face to face.

[3] I heard the reproach of me, and the evil outrage, and the rebuke, and my spirit within my breast urges me to utter a word.

[4] Do I indeed know this of old? And do you lay it up in your heart? Since the time when men first dwelt upon the earth:

[5] Because the wicked exult for but a very short time, and the joy of a proud man lasts only a moment?

[6] Even if his height reaches to the wide heaven, and even if he be mingled among the clouds, exulting greatly in splendor and glorying in renown;

[7] Yet nevertheless he has utterly perished, like all-filthy dung, hateful, whose stench is most deadly. And now someone then, seeing another nearby, might say: 'Where is that man now, since I no longer see him anywhere?' But always, at least formerly, he used to appear among the foremost.

[8] He has gone, flown away, like a shadowy dream; like a phantom, which quickly perished, when sleep released his eyelids; And now someone seeking him, if he should find him, he has gone off like nocturnal phantoms.

[9] Nor shall an eye see him again, which before had beheld him, nor shall any place, which formerly held him, see him any more.

[10] His sons, who long to appease even the rabble, will charm the mind of the poor with soothing words, and with gentle speech they will fasten upon the needy. But whatever possessions he took from them by force with a ruthless heart, wishing to please them, he will carry back with his own hands.

[11] But his bones are filled with the sin of his youth, which he committed. Formerly, while I was still in my youth, when my strength was steadfast; but now, behold, I am seized with hateful wasting throughout my limbs. It was because of lewdness, and a grievous island attends him, and this one shall be his bedfellow in the dust.

[12] Even if it was sweeter than honey upon his mouth, yet truly under his tongue wickedness was hidden.

[13] Even if he shall swallow it down greedily, yet he did not let it go, but he holds it firmly, and it rushed upon the middle of his throat.

[14] But his food within his bowels was changed, like the gall of a sharp-biting asp was wrought within him.

[15] However greedily he swallowed down wealth and riches, he shall vomit them up again, as when a man, heavy with wine and hungover, retched to the ground, and wine gushed from his throat. Thus he would vomit up willingly, though with unwilling heart, the goods that he devoured. But God shall draw them out of his belly.

[16] And then he shall suck the deadly venom of the asp, and the people-destroying viper shall slay him with its own tongue.

[17] May he not see the rivers, nor the fair-flowing streams, nor the rivers of honey, nor the streams of butter.

[18] Never shall he eat the fruit of his toil, but he shall give it back, not yet having tasted it, as one who is of the labor of his hands; Whatever goods he took from others, so many shall he let go, no longer exulting in his wealth and his many possessions.

[19] Because he used to wear down the poor man with a ruthless heart, and he wickedly sent away the needy man empty-handed; He seized a house from another, which he himself never built, trusting in his manhood and the strength of his hands;

[20] His belly will be without a share of rest, never filled, pierced with sharp pains; But desire for these seizes him, will he still save it for tomorrow?

[21] And there will not be even a little left over of his food; In vain would a man be waiting for his own prosperity, which he will leave behind when he dies; For truly all things had perished for him.

[22] When he says he has enough, while he thinks he will be satisfied, suddenly a need comes upon him no longer bearable, and in the midst of his feasting a mighty necessity falls upon him; And he will bring upon him heavy hands of wicked men.

[23] So that he may gladly be about to taste food, just as he stretches out his hands toward the ready viands set before him, upon which God will swiftly cast a heavy-wrathful spirit, and in the midst of the feast (for satiety had not yet come upon him) — as when he pours down thick snowflakes to the ground.

[24] Even if in war he escaped the bronze spear, yet not even so is he about to be safe. For as you said, a dreadful twang arose from the iron bow; the bow twanged, and the string gave a great cry, and the arrow leapt, sharp-pointed, bringing death and black doom; it pierced him through the middle, and took away his dear life.

[25] It is drawn from the sheath, eager to satisfy itself on flesh, and straight through the tender flesh came the point, and the sharp flashing sword pierced his gall, and all was warmed with his own blood, and it loosed his limbs. Always a dread terror holds him, and a fear not to be escaped.

[26] All darkness within his house shall be, and a murky gloom in the recesses of his house; But a divinely-kindled flame, which was roused from its blast, shall utterly ravage him, and if any one was left to him behind in his tent, it shall go ill for him.

[27] Heaven shall make his wickedness manifest, because he has done it; A fool! for he said he would escape God's notice; But the earth will stand in judgment to bring a verdict against him.

[28] But all his wealth has perished, since God was angered, and his goods flowed out of his house like deceitful water.

[29] This is the portion of a man who does not shrink from doing lawless deeds, and this is the decree long since fated for him, a wretched destiny; for thus the god spun it for him.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 20.1 focus

ILli autem reſpondens dixit Sophar Namatites,

Idcirco me inſtigant mei cogitationes animi,

Ideo & feſtino geſtiens ex-adverſo dicere.

Probrum meum, contumeliám q; que malam, & dedecus audivi,

Et aliquod dictum me profari in pectore animus jubet.

Nunquid hoc olim nôſti, & in tuo repoſuiſti animo,

Ex quo primùm ſuper terram homines habitârunt,

Quòd nimirum mali valde pauxillum temporis gloriantur,

Hominis ſuperbi breve eſt gaudium?

Quamvis excellentia ejus ad cœlum amplum perveniat,

Et quantumvìs ſublimi-vertice nubibus immixtus ſit,

Splendore valde elatus animo, & gloriâ ſuperbiens:

Veruntamen perit funditus, veluti ſtercus

Fœdiſſimum, abominandum, cujus & teterrimus odor.

Et fortè quis tum dicat intuens in vicinum alium,

Ubi iſte vir nunc eſt, quòd non ampliùs ullibi eum video?

At ſemper antehac inter primos apparuit.

Abiit avolans umbratili par ſomnio

Pernicioſo, quod ſtatim periit, poſtquam palpebras ſomnus (dimiſit :

Et tum aliquis diligenter quærens haud ipſum inveniat,

Simulacris enim ſimilis evanuit nocturnis.

Ne q; que eum oculus iterum videbit, qui priùs conſpexit,

Ne q; que eum locus, quem antea occupavit.

Filii ejus cupientes vel fæcem-plebis propitiam-reddere,

Blandis ſermonibus mentem mulcebunt pauperum,

Et mendicos verbis placabunt mollibus.

Poſſeſſiones autem quas vi illis abſtulit immiti animo,

Rurſus volens eos placare, manibus ſuis reducet.

Oſſa verò ejus noxâ replentur, eò-quòd-taliter fecit

Olim, adhuc pubeſcens, cùm ei robur integrum eſſet,

Nunc autem tabe inviſâ occupatur in membris

Suam ob laſciviam, gravis autem eum morbus comitatur,

Qui & cum eo ſimul cubabit in pulvere.

Etſi in ore dulcior melle fuerit ipſo,

Quæ ei ſub lingua improbitas occulta eſt :

Etiamſi magnopere parcat, neque dimittat,

Sed retineat firmiter, medió q; que volvat gutture :

Veruntamen transmutatur ei in viſceribus cibus,

Velutí q; que virulentæ fel aſpidis intus factus eſt.

Quaſcun q; que autem avidè opes & divitias hauſit,

Evomet rurſus, ſicut quando eructat vino-gravatus

Vir crapulâ-laborans, è gutture autem prorumpit vinum:

Ità hic ejectabit volens invito animo

Divitias quas devoravit: Deus autem è ventre extrahet.

Deinde verò ſuget lethiferum aſpidus virus,

Et eum ſuâ linguâ necabit truculenta vipera.

Non videbit fluvios, non rivos pulchrifluos,

Non mellis fluvios, non rivos butyri.

Non unquam ſui fructum comedet laboris, ſed reſtituet,

Cùm nondum guſtaverit de ſuarum opere manuum:

Opéſ q; que quantaſcun q; que aliis abſtulit, tantas dimittet,

Non ampliùs exultans divitiis poſſeſſionibúſ q; que multis.

Quoniam pauperem afflixit crudeli animo,

Et malè dimiſit egenum virum mendicum;

Domum alienam, quám q; que nunquam ipſe ædificavit,

Abſtulit, fortitudine fretus & robore manuum :

Expers quietis venter ei erit inſatiabilis

Continuè doloribus transfoſſus acutis :

Quorum verò eum deſiderium capit, eorum in craſtinum nihil ſervabit.

Nec tantillum ei ſui erit reliquum edulii.

Fruſtrà quis ejus expectaverit opes

Quas reliquerit moriens; certè enim ei perierunt omnia.

Dum ſatis ſibi autumavit eſſe, putans ſaturari ſe,

Subitò indigentia ei ſupervenit neutiquam toleranda,

Mediáque in proſperitate dura in eum ingruit neceſſitas:

Et ei improborum greges graves manus inferent.

Quando etiam libenter futurus eſt cibo veſci,

Ut in eſcas paratas appoſitas manus extendit,

Super eum confeſtim Deus projiciet iracundum furorem

Vel mediis in epulis (ſatietas verò eum nondum appetebat)

Sicut quando crebras nives defudit humi.

Tametſi in bello vitaverit æream haſtam,

At neq ; ue ſic ſalvus futurus eſt: ut enim fugit,

Terribilis clangor ortus eſt ferrei arcûs,

Sibilavit arcus, nervus autem valde ſonuit, ſaliítque ſagitta

Acuta, mortémq ; ue ferens & fatum nigrum,

Eum verò medium transfixit, charam autem eripuit animam.

Trahitur è vagina cupiens carne ſatiari,

Penitus autem teneram per carnem venit mucro,

Et fel ejus penetravit rutilans acutus gladius :

Totus autem incaluit ejus ſanguine, ſolvit autem membra.

Semper eum dirus tremor occupat, & pavor ingens.

Univerſæ autem ei inteſtinæ tenebræ erunt in ædibus,

Et caligo obſcura ſuæ in penetralibus domi.

Divinitus-accenſa autem flamma, quæq ; ue non follibus fuit excita,

Omnino eum comburet; & ſiquis ei in-poſterum

In tentoriis reliquus fuerit, malè utiq ; ue erit ipſi.

Cœlum manifeſtum reddet malum, quodcunq ; ue commiſit

Inſipiens: certè enim putavit fore ut lateret Deum; at terra

Exurget in judicio contra illum ſuffragium ferre.

Totus autem ei cenſus periit, Deo irato;

Divitiæ autem è domo effluxerunt, ut fallax unda.

Hæc ſors viri eſt, qui non curabat ſcelera patrare,

Hæc ei fatalis eſt, olímq ; ue decreta portio

Infelici : ſic enim ei deſtinavit hæc Deus.

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Job

1. U+05D0AC

1. 20 οδουσιν] οδυναις A 21 ελεησατε με (1ο)] εγγισατε μοι A | φιλοι] ¹ + ελεησατε με A | εστιν η αψομενη μου A | αψενη U+05D0* (αψομενη U+05D0¹) 22 δια τι] + δε A | om και ο U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) 23 om αν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) | βιβλω U+05D0 24 σιδηριω U+05D0 | και] η A | μολιβω] +η εν πετραις ενγλυφηναι Bᵃᵇ (εγγλ. Bᵇ) U+05D0A 25—26 επι γης αναστησαι c praec coniung U+05D0 : item επι γης A 26 αναστησαι] αναστησι δε U+05D0c.a (postea restit αναστησαι) A (-σει) | το δερμα μου] μου το σωμα U+05D0c.a (postea restit το δ. μου) A | αναν- τλουν] αντλουν U+05D0* (αναντλ. U+05D0c.a ) | om γαρ U+05D0 | μοι ταυτα A 27 α εγω... συνεπισταμαι c praec coniung U+05D0 | ο οφθαλμος] om ο U+05D0*ᵛⁱᵈ (hab ο U+05D0c.a) οι οφθαλμοι A | εορακεν (εωρ. BᵇC)] εορακασιν A παντα] παν U+05D0* (παντα U+05D0c.ᵃ) | συντετελεσται (συνετελεσται U+05D0* συντετ, U+05D0c.a)] συντετελεσθαι (C | κολπω] κοπω U+05D0* (κολπ. U+05D0.c.a ) 28 eναντι] εναντιον U+05D0c.aAC | ευρησομεν] ευρησον A 29 δη| δε U+05D0* (δη U+05D0c.a ) A | επικαλυμματος] pr vid κριματος U+05D0c.a (postea ras) κριματος A | ανομοις A | τοτε] ο sup ras U+05D0¹ | που εστιν ουτων η υλη] που αυτων η υλη εστιν U+05D0 οτι ουδαμου ουτων η σχυς εστιν A XX 1 evan in C | Μιναιος U+05D0A 2 υπελαμβανον] + σε ειναι και A | αντε- ρειν] αντερι U+05D0* (-ριν U+05D0c.a) | συνιετε] συνιεναι U+05D0c.a(postea συνιεται) A | om και A

3. B

4. U+05D0AC

6. U+05D0AC

6. 16 θυμος A | θηλασει A | ανελοι δε] και ανελοι A 17 ειδοι C 18 κε- ⁶ α] καινα U+05D0 | πλουτον] pr σχοιη δε A | στριφνος Bᵇ (στρειφν. B* adnot το ευρώδες κρεας των βοων·] εστιν δε και βοτανη ἄβρωτος δια τουτο δε ακαταπο ος*| επειδη κ αμασητος εστιν | ἔστιν δε κ το του χαλινου| μασημα· και ομφά ινος οπώρα —Bᵃᵐᵍ) U+05D0*C] στρυχνος U+05D0c.a (mox restit στριφν.) στρυχνον A μασητον A | ακαταποτος] ακαταπατητον A 19 δυνατων] αδυνατων U+05D0c.a AC | εθλασεν] εθρασεν A | διαιταν] δι αιτιαν C | δε] γαρ + αυτων U+05D0c.a (mox lel) A | ηρπασεν] .πασεν C ras 1 lit ante π et superscr ε vel σ C?) 20 ουκ] r δια τουτο U+05D0c.a (rurs del) A | εστιν] εστη A | σωτηρια αυτου U+05D0 αυτω σωτ. A | τοις υπαρχουσιν] εν τ. υ. αυτου ουδε νθησει αυτου τα αγαθα A | m ου U+05D0* (hab ου U+05D0c.a) 21 υπολειμμα Bᵃᵇ | om δια τουτο...τα γαθα A 22 om δε 1⁰ AC | πεπληρωσθαι] ειρηνευειν C 23 ει πως ει τληρωσαι ΒU+05D0 (ει πως πληρωσαι U+05D0c.a ει 2⁰ postea revoc) και πληρωσει (c praec oniung) A ει πως κληρωσαι C | νιψαι (νειψ. U+05D0*)] ρειψαι U+05D0* (νειψ. postea evoc) ριψαι δε A 24 τρωσαι] + δε A | χαλκαιον A χαλκιον C 25 διεξ λθοι] pr και A | αστρα] ανδρα A | διαιτη U+05D0 περιπατησαισαν] μη περιπα- ησαι A 26 παν δε] και παν A | αυτω] αυτον A

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ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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