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῾Υπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλειφὰς ὁ Θαιμανείτης λέγει

Πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ

ἐπιστήμην;

τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος;

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ἤ ὠφελία ὅτι ἀπώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου;

ἢ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί

σοι εἰς κρίσιν;

πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή,

ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι;

ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς.

ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου·

οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας,

ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν·

ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον,

ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·

χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς.

ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.

τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες,

καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος.

τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη,

κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν.

μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ,

τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν;

καὶ εἶπας Τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός.

ἤ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρίνει;

νεφέλη¶ ἀποκρυφῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται,

καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.

μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι.

οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι;

ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν·

οἱ λέγοντες Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν;

ἤ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ

ὅς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν,

βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ,

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ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν,

ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν·

εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν,

καὶ τὸ κατάλιμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ.

γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς·

εἶτ᾿ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς.

ἔκβαλε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν,

καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου.

ἐὸν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου,

πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου ἄδικον·

θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ,

καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάρρου Σωφείρ.

ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν,

καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὣσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.

εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν

ἱλαρῶς·

εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου,

δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς·

ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης,

ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος.

ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτόν, καὶ ἐρεῖς ῾ Υπερηφανεύσατο,

καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει·

ῤύσεται ἀθῷον,

καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου.

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.)

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Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 22.1 focus

Τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη Ἐλιφᾶς Θαιμανίτης

Ὀχθήσας· δὴ γάρ μιν ἔχεν χόλος ἤλιθα πολλός·

Ἦ ῥα Θεόν τις ὀνήσει ἰδῇῃσι πραπίδεσσιν,

Ὡς ἀνὴρ, ὃς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ πεπνυμένῃσι κέκαστος;

Αὐτὸς ἔῃ πνυτῇ μέγ᾽ ὀφέλλεται ἠδ᾽ ὀνίνηται;

Ποῖον ἔω τόδε χάρμα Θεῷ, εἰ ἦσθα δίκαιος;

Ἠὲ τί οἱ μέγ᾽ ὄνειαρ ἀκήρατα σεῖο κέλευθα,

Εἴπερ ἀμύμων αὐτὸς ἔης, καὶ ἀμύμονα εἰδῇς,

Ἦ ὅτι σὴν ἀτίτην τρομέει, καὶ λοίγια ἔργα,

Μή τι μιν ὑβρίζῃς, ἢ ἄλλό τι κύντερον ἔρδῃς,

Τούνεκα νῦν σε ἔλεγξε, καὶ ἐν δίκῃ ἀντίος ἔστη;

Νηπύτι᾽, οὐκ ἄρα σοὶ ἀλιτήματα μυρί᾽ ἔασιν,

Ἄσπετος ἀμπλακίη, κακοεργίη δ᾽ ἀπέραντος;

Ὀυχ ὕβρις τε βίη τε σιδήρεον ὐρανὸν ἵκει;

Καὶ γὰρ ἀγλωσσείῃ κρατερῇσί τε χερσὶ πεποιθὼς

Μὰψ ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον ἀδελφεὸν ἠνεχύρασσας,

Νηλεὲς, οὐδέ τι οἱ μυδόεντα δῶκες ἀμοιβήν·

Γυμνῷ εἵματ᾽ ἀφεῖλες, ὁ δ᾽ οὐκ ἔχεν ἀμφιβαλέσθαι.

Ἀνδρὶ ᾗ κεκμηῶτι πιεῖν οὐκ ὤπασας ὕδωρ,

Ὀυ βρωτοῦ νῆστιν· τὸ δ᾽ ἔτι πολὺ ῥίγιον ἔστιν,

Ἐσέρεσας διψῶντα ποτοῦ, πεινῶντα δὲ σίτου.

Ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἔλλαβε γαῖαν, ὅυ κράτος ἦε μέγιστον,

Ὠκέες δ᾽, ὃς πλείστης πόσει πάντων ἔμμορε τιμῆς·

Τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων σὺ μὲν οὐκ ἄθεο φρεσὶν, οὐδ᾽ ἀλέγιζες·

Ὀυδέ τι χηρώων ποτὲ κήδεο, οὐδ᾽ ἐλέαιρες

Ὀρφανικούς, τοῖσίν τε φίλοι τεθνᾶσι τοκῆες·

Τὰς δὲ κενὰς ἀφίεις, καὶ σύ γε βραχίονα ῥῆξας.

Τούνεκά σε πλεκταὶ παγίδες περιεκυκλώσαντο

Πάντοθεν, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ λίνα στενόεντα κέχυνται,

Καὶ τρόμος αἰφνίδιος καὶ δείματα θυμὸν ἀτύζει·

Καὶ σκότος ἀμφιχυθεὶς, ἵνα μὴ φάος ἠελίοιο

Ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδῃς, γλυκερὸν φάος ἠελίοιο·

Καὶ ποταμοὶ πλήθοντες, ὑποβρύχιον δέ σε θῆκε

Πλημμυρὶς οἰδαλέη, κατά τ᾽ ἔκλυσεν ἄσπετον ὕδωρ.

Ὀυ Θεὸς (ὡς γὰρ ἔειπες) ὑπέρτατα δώματα ναίει

Ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ πολυχανδέος Ὀυλύμποιο

Τῆλε μάλ᾽, ᾗ ὕψιστος ὑπὲρ χθονὸς ὐρανός ἐστιν;

Ἀστέρας εἰσάνιδε, σφίσιν ὡς αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα

Γαῖαν ὑπερβεβαῶτ'· Θεὸς δέ θ' ὑπέρτερος ἄστρων.

Πῶς ἔν διδε Θεός; πῶς ἔγνως; πῶς ἐνόησεν;

Ἦ νύ κεν ἀθρήσειε διὰ νεφέων ἐρεβεννῶν;

Ἦ τι διακρίνειε δι' ἠέρος ἀχλυόεσσης;

Ἦ μάλα που νεφέλῃ πεπυκασμένος, οὐδὲν ὄπωπε,

Τῆλε δ' ἀπὸ χθονός ἐστι βιβὰς ἐπὶ κύκλον ὀλύμπου.

Ἀλλ' ἐκ ἐφράσθης, κᾀὶ σῷ ἐγκάτθεο θυμῷ,

Oἶμον ἀείγνωπον, τὸν ἀτάσθαλοι ἄνδρες ἔβησαν,

Καὶ ὁδὸν εὐρύχωρον, πάλαι ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἀλεῖται;

Oἳ τάχ' ἀμαλδύνοντ', ὡς ἄνθεα πάμπαν ἄωρα·

Τοῖς ἐπεὶ ἐν ποταμὸς πλήθων ἐκέδασσε θέμεθλα

Χειμάῤῥος κατ' ὄρεσφι, καὶ ἄσπετος ὄμβρος ὄρωρεν,

Αὐτῇσι ῥίζῃσι κατήρειπον, ἠδ' ὀλέκοντο.

Oὕνεκα τετλήκασι Θεῷ ἐειδανέμεν ἄντην,

Καί μιν ἀποσυρβίζαι ὀνειδείοις ἐπέεσσιν,

Ἔῤῥ' ἡμέων ἀπο τῆλον, Ὀλύμπιε, τίς δε σέ χρεώ;

Βάσκ' ἴθι, χάζεο νῦν, ἀναχώρει, πολλὸν ὀπίσσω·

Ἀλλά γε τί πλέον ἄν σφι Θεὸς καταθύμιον ἕρξῃ,

Εἰ δύναιτό τελέσαι γε, κᾀὶ εἰ τετελεσμένον ὀξὺς

Τοῖσι γὰρ ἄσπετον ὄλβον ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἔδωκε

Θεσπεσίην τε πλοῦτον· ἅλις δέ σφ'· αἱ δέ τ' ἀλωαὶ

Καρπῶν βεβρίθασι, δόμοι δ' ἔμπλειτο ἑάων.

Τῆλε δέ μοι βουλαί τε γενοίατο μήδεά τ' ἀνδρῶν

Δυσσεβέων, ἐπεὶ οὔ μοι ἅδε φρεσὶ μῆτις ἀλειτῶν.

Ἦ κεν γηθήσαι ἀγαθός τ' ἀγαθοῖό τε παῖδες,

Ὅσσοι τ' εὐσεβέες μέγα κεν κεχαροίατο θυμῷ,

Ἄσβεστός τ' ἄρ' ἐνῶρτο γέλως ἀνδράσι δικαίοις,

Ὡς ἴδον ἀφραδίαις διὰ γαῖαν ὀϊζύοντας,

Σφῇσί τ' ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε' ἔχοντας.

Ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον ἄλλον,

Ἡμέων ὔπω χρήματ' ἐκείρετο, λείψανα δ' αὐτῶν

Βρῶσις ἅπαντα χυθεῖσα πυρὸς δηΐοιο ἐρωή.

Ἀλλ' ἄγε, λῆγ' ἔριδος, δάμασον μεγαλήτορα θυμὸν,

Μήτε σὺ, Ἴωβ, ἤθελ' ἐριζέμεναι βασιλῆϊ

Oὐρανοῦ, ἀλλ' ἐπίηρα φέρειν, ἵνα μείλιχος εἴη·

Νῦν δ' οἱ ὁμίλησον φίλως ὡς, πείθ' ὅρκια τάμνων,

Ὀφρ' ἀγαθή σοι μοῖρα, κᾀὶ αἴσιμα πάντα γένοιτο.

Τῦ δὴ ἀπὸ στόματος δέξαι ζωαρκέα θεσμὸν,

Ἠδ' ἔπεα ζωῆς ὦκα, κᾀὶ ἐν φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν,

Ἦ ὅι ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέει αὐδή.

Εἰ δὲ πρὸς Ἀθάνατόν γε παλίντροπον ἴχνος ἐπείγῃς,

Στήσεαι ἀσφαλέως, δεδμημένος ὡς τὸ πάρος περ,

Τῆλε δ᾽ ἀτασθαλίην ῥίψεις σέθεν ἐκ κλισιάων.

Χρυσὸν ἀπειρέσιον ταμιεύσεις, ὥς τε κονίην,

Ἠ̈ τε θέρευς ὥρῃ πλείστη κεῖτ᾽ ἀμφὶ κελεύθους·

Νηήσεις τ᾽ ὄβρυζον ἄδδιν χαλίκεσσιν ἶσον·

Οἱδέ θ᾽ ἄλις κέαται ποταμοῖς ἐνὶ καλλιῤῥόοισιν.

Ἀθάνατος σέθεν ἕρμα καὶ ἄσπετον ἔσσεται ἀλκάρ,

Χρυσός θ᾽, ὅς μέγ᾽ ἔρεισμα πέλει μερόπεσσι βροτοῖσιν·

Ἔσται σοι χρυσός τε καὶ ἄργυρος ἤλιθα πολλός.

Ἔνθά κε ἀγλαΐῃ φρένα τέρψεαι, Ἠλυμπόνδε

Ὄμματ᾽ ἀειρόμενος, καί σε γλυκὺς ἵμερος ἕξει

Ἀθανάτου, ὅ δέ σοι μέλλει μέγα χάρμα γενέσθαι.

Λισσόμενος καλέσεις μιν, ὁ δ᾽ ἐμμαπέως ἐπακούσει

Φωνῆς εὐχομένοιο, σὺ δ᾽ εὐχωλὰς ἀποτίσεις.

Ἔμπεδον, οὐδ᾽ ἅλιον ἔπος ἔσσεται, ὅ,ττι κεν εἴπῃς·

Εἰ φρεσί τι κείνῃς, τόδε σοι τετελεσμένον ἔσται.

Ἀμφὶ δὲ σῆς λάμψει γλυκερὸν φάος ἀτραπιτοῖσιν.

Ὁππότε μνεία φῦλα βροτῶν ὑπερηνορέοντων

Κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι, Θεοῦ ὑπὸ χερσὶ δαμέντες,

Φήσεις, ὥς σε φίλα φρονέων Θεὸς ὑψόσ᾽ ἄειρε,

Δῶκε δ᾽ ἀείζηλον καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων,

Ἔκπρεπέ᾽ ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν·

Ὅς γ᾽ ἀγλωσσίῃσι πεποιθότα ῥεῖα χαλέπτει,

Αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ τε κεκασμένον ἄνδρα σαώσει.

Πολλάκι πατρίδα γαῖαν ἀμύμονες ἐνναετῆρες

Ἐκ μοίρης ἐρύσαντο δίκῃσί τε καὶ μύεϊ σφῷ·

Καί νύ κε σὺ στυγερὸν νήσῳ ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς

Σῇ τ᾽ εὐεργεσίῃ καὶ ἀκηρασίῃ παλαμάων.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 22 focus

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?

Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?

Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.

You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Therefore snares are round about you. Sudden fear troubles you,

Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.

Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

You say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.

Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

Who said to God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent laugh them to scorn,

Saying, surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.

Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

Please receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, If you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.

Lay your treasure in the dust, The gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

The Almighty will be your treasure, Precious silver to you.

For then shall you delight yourself in the Almighty, And shall lift up your face to God.

You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.

You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.

When they cast down, you shall say, be lifted up. He will save the humble person.

He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 22.1 focus

[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and spoke to him, having been stirred up: for indeed wrath, exceedingly great, held him;

[2] Can a man profit God with his own understanding, as a man who is distinguished in prudent mind? Is he himself greatly profited or benefited by his prudence?

[3] What delight is this to God, if you were righteous? Or what great profit to him are your pure ways, even if you yourself were blameless and knew blameless things? Is it because he fears your punishment and your deadly deeds, that he reproves you, or does something else more shameless? Therefore now he has convicted you, and in justice has stood against you.

Ἦ ὅτι σὴν ἀτίτην τρομέει, καὶ λοίγια ἔργα,

Μή τι μιν ὑβρίζῃς, ἢ ἄλλό τι κύντερον ἔρδῃς,

Τούνεκα νῦν σε ἔλεγξε, καὶ ἐν δίκῃ ἀντίος ἔστη;

[5] Fool, are not your countless offenses, your boundless transgression, and your endless wickedness? Do not violence and force reach the iron heaven?

[6] For trusting in your tongue and your mighty hands, you recklessly, and not according to order, took your brother as a pledge, pitiless one, and you did not give him any recompense for his toil. From the naked man you took away his garments, and he had nothing to throw around himself.

[7] To the weary man you did not give water to drink, and you withheld bread from the hungry. And this is still much more dreadful: that you let the thirsty go without drink, and the hungry without food.

[8] But he took the land, whose power was greatest, and Okeus, who of all men obtained the portion of the most abundant honor for his wife; But of the others you did not regard them in your mind, nor did you care;

[9] Nor did you ever care for widows, nor did you pity orphans, whose dear parents have died; But you sent them away empty, and you yourself broke your arm.

[10] Therefore woven snares have encircled you from every side, and about your feet spreading nets are poured out, and sudden trembling and fears confound your spirit;

[11] And darkness poured around, so that you may not see the light of the sun with your eyes, the sweet light of the sun; And rivers swelling, and a swollen flood made you submerged, and it washed you away with boundless water.

[12] Does God (for so you said) dwell in the highest halls on the topmost peak of wide-gaping Olympus, very far off, where heaven is highest above the earth? Look at the stars, how for him the lofty peaks stand above the earth; and God is higher than the stars.

[13] How does God know? How did you know? How did he perceive? Truly, would he perhaps see through the dark clouds? Or would he discern anything through the misty air?

[14] Is he not quite wrapped in cloud, so that he sees nothing, and he walks far from the earth upon the circle of Olympus?

[15] But will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men trod, and the broad way that men of old walked, which is destroyed?

[16] Who are quickly withered, like flowers altogether out of season. For when a river in flood had scattered their foundations, and a winter torrent down from the mountains, and a boundless storm had arisen, they collapsed at their very roots and were being destroyed.

[17] Because they have dared to look God in the face, and to mock him with reproachful words: 'Away far from us, Olympian! What need have you of this?' Come now, go, give way, withdraw far back! But what more could God do for them that is to their heart's desire, even if he were able to accomplish it, and if it were accomplished? For he gave them boundless wealth in their halls and wondrous riches;

[18] but enough for them; yet their fields are heavy with fruits, and their houses are filled with good things. Far from me be the counsels and devices of impious men, since the plan of sinners does not please my heart.

[19] Truly the good man and the children of the good man would have rejoiced, and all the pious would have greatly exulted in their heart, and inextinguishable laughter would have arisen among righteous men, when they saw those suffering through the land because of their follies, and bearing griefs beyond their fate because of their own recklessness.

[20] And thus someone spoke, looking at another nearby: 'Our wealth was not yet being cut down, but the remnant of it all, poured out, was the rush of consuming fire.'

[21] But come, cease from strife, subdue your great-hearted spirit, and do not, Job, wish to contend with the King of Heaven, but rather to bring favor, so that he may be gentle. Now then, converse with him in friendship, and persuade him, cutting oaths, so that a good portion may be yours, and all things may turn out fittingly.

[22] Receive now from the mouth the life-sustaining law, and quickly the words of life, and cast them into your heart, whose voice flows from the tongue sweeter than honey.

[23] But if you urge your backward-turning step toward the Immortal One, you shall stand securely, subdued as before, and far from your tents you shall cast away wickedness.

[24] You shall store up countless gold like dust, and like the most abundant that lies about the paths in the season of summer. And you shall heap up gold like dust, and Ophir like pebbles.

[25] And they shall lie abundantly by the fair-flowing rivers. The Almighty shall be your defense and abundant strength, and gold, which is a great support for mortal men. You shall have gold and silver in abundance.

[26] Then you shall delight your heart in splendor, lifting your eyes to Olympus, and sweet longing for the Almighty shall possess you, and it shall become a great joy to you.

[27] You will call on him as you pray, and he will swiftly listen to the voice of the one praying, and you will pay your vows.

[28] It will be steadfast, and no word you speak will be in vain. If you set your mind on anything, this will be accomplished for you. And around your paths a sweet light will shine.

[29] Whenever the memory of the tribes of overweening mortals fell in the dust, subdued beneath the hands of God, you will say that God, thinking kindly thoughts for you, raised you on high, and gave you to be ever-envied and pre-eminent above others, distinguished among many and outstanding among heroes. He who easily brings low the man who trusts in his own speechlessness, and will save the man adorned with gentle reverence.

[30] Often blameless inhabitants rescued their native land from fate by their judgments and by their own counsel. And now you might ward off the hateful ruin from the island by your beneficence and the purity of your hands.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 22.1 focus

Hunc autem viciſſim allocutus eſt Eliphas Thiamanites

Iratus: jam enim ipſum occupavit ira ingens:

Num Deo quis proderit peritâ mente,

Sicut vir, qui animo prudenti ornatus eſt,

Ipſe ſuâ ſapientiâ multùm adjuvatur & utilitatem capit?

Qualis eſſet hæc voluptas Deo, fi fueris juſtus?

Aut quod ei adeò magnum emolumentum immaculatæ tuæ

Etſi inculpatus ipſe fueris, & inculpata nôris? (viæ;

Aut quia tuam noxam metuit, & peſtilentia facinora,

Nè eum injuriâ-afficias, aut aliud quid impudentius agas,

Idcirco nunc te reprehendit, & in judicio adverſarius ſtetit?

Inepte, annon tuæ iniquitates innumeræ ſunt,

Immenſa nequitia, malitiáque infinita ?

Nonne injuriáque oppreſſió q; que ad ferreum cœlum pervenit?

Etenim inſolentiâ robuſtíſque manibus fretus

Temere at non fecundùm ordinem fratris pignus-abſtuliſti,

Crudelis, neque ei decentem tribuiſti compenſationem:

Nudo veſtimenta abſtuliſti, hic a. autem non habuit quo indueretur.

Viro autem laſſato ad potandum non præbuiſti aquam,

Non edulium jejuno: quod & longè durius eſt,

Defraudâſti fitientem potu, eſurientémque cibo.

At ille ſanè occupavit terram, cujus vires erant maximæ,

Incoluítque, qui ſummum præ omnibus fortitus eſt honorem:

Alios autem tu non curâſti in animo, nec moratus es.

Nec viduarum unquam curam-habuiſti, nec miſertus es

Orphanorum, quibúſque chari mortui ſunt parentes;

Eas verò inanes dimiſiſti, & horum brachium fregiſti.

Quamobrem te contorti laquei circundedêre

Undique, pedibúſque retia funeſta circumfuſa ſunt,

Et terror repentinus, & horrores animum percellunt q; que

Et tenebræ circumfuſæ, ut nè lumen ſolis

Oculis aſpicias, dulce lumen ſolis;

Et fluvii reſtagnantes, ſubmerſum autem te reddidit

Inundatio tumida, obruítque ingens aqua.

Nonne Deus (fic enim dix'ti) ſupremas domos incolit

Summo vertice vaſti cœli.

Procul admodum, quà celſiſſimum ſuper terram cœlum eſt?

Stellas aſpice, iis quàm ſublimia capita

Terræ ſupereminentia: Deus autem ſublimior aſtris.

Quî ergò novit Deus? quî percepit? quî ſenſit?

Nunquid cernere-queat per nubes opacas?

Nunquid diſcernere-poterit per caliginem obſcuram?

Sanè admodum alicubi nube involutus nihil vidit,

Longè autem à terra eſt gradiens ſuper ambitum Olympi.

At non conſideras, & in tuo reponis animo

Semitam valde notam, quam improbi homines iverunt,

Et viam latam, olim quam calcârunt ſceleſti?

Qui citò evaneſcunt, tanquam flores prorſus immaturi:

Quibus poſtquam fluvius inundans diſſipavit fundamenta

Torrens de montibus, & vehemens imber ingruit,

Ipſis radicibus collapſi ſunt, & perditi.

Quoniam auſi ſunt cum Deo contendere coràm,

Et ipſum repellere contumelioſis verbis;

Abi à nobis ocyùs, Cælicolas q; que quânam re tibi opus eſt?

Vade agè, converte nunc, & recede multùm retro.

Enimvero quid ampliùs iis Deus gratum facere-queat,

Si poſſit perficere, & ſi perfici poteſt?

Iis enim immenſas opes in ædibus dedit,

Ingentéſque divitias: ſatìs autem ipſis: horreáque

Frugibus referta ſunt, rectá q; que repleta bonis.

Procul verò à me conſiliáque ſint curǽque virorum

Impiorum, quandoquid ẽ em mihi non arridet animo aſtutia improborum.

Certè lætabitur bonus boníque filii,

Quíque pii fuerint, valde gaudebunt animo;

Immenſúſque ortus eſt riſus viris juſtis,

Ut viderunt ſtultos per terram ærumnaſ-tolerantes,

Suâque nequitiâ præter fatum triſtia patientes.

Sic autem quis dicebat intuens in propinquum alium,

Noſtræ nondum divitiæ conſumptæ ſunt, reliquias autem eorum

Devoravit circumfuſus ignis infeſti impetus.

Quin agè, deſine à contentione, cohibe magnanimum ſpiritum,

Neque tu, Jobe, velis contendere cum rege

Cœli, ſed cum eo gratiam inire, ut clemens ſit:

Nunc .a. autem cum eo conſuetudin ẽ em habeas, ut cum amico, fidelia fœdera feriens,

Ut bona tibi fors, & æqua omnia eveniant.

Ejus jam ab ore recipe vivificam legem,

Et verba percipe ocyùs, & in animo repone tuo,

Quæ ejus à lingua melle dulcior fluit, orationem.

Quod ſi ad Immortalem retrogradum veſtigium urgeas,

Stabis firmiter, ædificatus ut antehac,

Procul verò iniquitatem projicies tuis è tentoriis.

Aurum immenſum recondes ſicut pulverem,

Qui æſtivo tempore plurimus jacet circa vias :

Accumulabis autem obryzi affatim lapillis æquale,

Qui abundè jacent fluviis in limpidis.

Immortalis tuum columen & ingens erit præſidium,

Aurúm q; que, quod magnum fulcrum eſt mortalibus hominibuſſ;

Erit tibi & aurum & argentum affatim copioſum.

Tum ſplendore in animo delectaberis, ad cœlum

Oculos attollens, & te dulce deſiderium tenebit

Immortalis, is autem tibi magnum gaudium futurus eſt.

Orans invocabis eum, is autem extemplo audiet

Vocem precantis, tu autem vota ſolves.

Ratum, ne q; que irritum verbum erit, quodcun q; que dixeris,

Si in animo quid ſtatueris, hoc tibi perfectum erit.

Circá q; que tuas ſplendebit dulce lumen ſemitas.

Quando innumeræ gentes hominum arrogantium

Ceciderunt in pulveribus, Dei ſub manibus domitæ,

Profiteberis, quòd te benevolus Deus ſurſum extulit,

Dedít q; que conſpicuum & eminentem eſſe præ aliis,

Excellentem inter multos & eximium heroas :

Qui enim inſolentiâ fretum facilè deprimit,

Verecundiâ manſuetudiné q; que ornatum virum ſervabit.

Sæpe natale ſolum inculpati incolæ

Fato eripuerunt juſtitiâ & fortitudine ſuâ :

Et fortè tu inviſam ab inſula peſtem propulſare-queas

Tuâ q; que bonitate & integritate manuum.

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ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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