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῾Υπολαβὼν δὲ ᾿ Ιὼβ λέγει

Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν,

¹²

καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπʼ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ.

τίς δʼ ἄρα γνοίη ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος;

εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα,

τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαι ἐλέγχων·

γνῴην δὲ ἰάματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ,

αἰσθοίμην δέ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ.

καὶ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι·

εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται.

ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρʼ αὐτοῦ,

ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου.

εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμί,

τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις, τί οἶδα ;

ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον,

περιβαλεῖ δεξιὰ καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι.

οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου,

διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον.

ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ,

ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω·

ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω,

ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥ;γνατα αὐτοῦ.

εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ ;

ὃ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν, καὶ ἐποίησεν.

διὰ τοῦτο ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα·

νουθετούμενος δὲ ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ.

ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ·

κατανοήσω, καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου,

⁴⁶

ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με.

οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος,

πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος.

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).) — 23.1 focus

Τὸν δ᾽ μέγ᾽ οἰμώξας ἀπαμείβετο δῖος Ἴωβος,

Ὦ, μοι ἐγὼ, ὅττι νῦν μοι ἀδικὴς ἔπλετο μορφὴ

Πικρὸν ὀδυρομένῳ ὑπὲρ ἀλλήκτων ὀδυνάων.

Εἴ γ᾽ ἀδινὸν στενάχω, καὶ δάκρυα μυρία λείβω,

Αὐτὰρ ἐμὸν στεναχῆς ἀδινώτερον ἕλκος ἐτύχθη·

Οὐ τόσα δάκρυα λείβω, ὅσων ἄχος ἄξιον ἔστιν.

Εἴθ᾽ εὕροιμι Θεὸν, καὶ ἑὸν θρόνον εἰσαφικοίμην,

Ὡς ὄφελον στῆναι βηλοῦ ἔπι θεσπεσίοιο·

Ἀντίος εἰνὶ δίκῃ, ὄφρ' ἐντωίαιμι θέμιστος.

Τῷ οἱ ἐειξέμμεναι τλαίην, καὶ νεικέεσσι ἀντίω,

Ἰθυϊνὰς τε λόγους, ἐπέων θ' ὑπολήμψομ' ἀγῶνα,

Γλῶσσαν ἐλέγχοισιν πεπυκασμένην ἐμπεδομύθοις.

Εὖ ἄρα κε γνοίην ἔπεα φρεσὶν, ὅσσ' ἀγορεύοι,

Φραζοίμην τό γε θυμῷ, ὅ μοι κατεναντίον εἴποι.

Ἦ ῥά νύ μοι ἐείσειε Θεὸς δειλῷ ἀνθρώπῳ,

Κάρτεϊ ᾧ πίσυνος, χερσίν τε καὶ ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς;

(Ὦ μοι ἐγὼ, ἐπεὶ οὔ κε τις οἱ σθένος ἰσοφαρίζοι)

Οὐ μὲν· ἀτὰρ ἔμοιγε μένος πολυθαρσὲς ἐνήσει

Ἄτρομον ἐν στήθεσσι, βίην ἀμέγαρτον ὀφέλλων.

Ἔνθά κέν οἱ κατὰ κόσμον ἐειδμαίνωσι δίκαιοι

Ἀμφαδὸν, ἱέμενοι ὅππ' ἵστορι πεῖραρ ἑλέσθαι.

Καί κεν ἐελποίμην νίκην καὶ κῦδος ἀρέσθαι

Ἐκ Θεοῦ, ὅς μετὰ πᾶσι δίκην ἰθύντατα εἶπεν.

Ἀλλ' ὤμοι δύστηνος, ἐπεὶ Θεός ἐστιν ἄφαντος·

Πρόσσω ἔβην, ἀτὰρ οὔ μιν ἐσέδρακον· ἠδέ τ' ὀπίσσω,

Ἀλλ' οὐδ' ὣς δυνάμαί μιν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὀρῆσθαι.

Εἴτ' ἐπὶ δεξιὰ εἶμι πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε,

Εἴτ' ἐπ' ἀριστέρ' ἔγωγε ποτὶ ζόφον ἠερόεντα·

Οὐ μιν ἐπὶ σκαιῇ, ὅθι μέρμερα ῥέξεν, ὄπωπα·

Οὐδ' ἐπὶ δεξιτερῇ, τόθι γὰρ κεκρυμμένος ἐστίν.

Ἀλλ' ἔμπης σάφα κεῖνος ἐμὰς δεδάηκεν ἀταρπούς·

Πάντα τ' ἀκηχεμένος ἴδεν ἤθεα, καὶ νόον ἔγνω,

Ὡς ἐμὲ γὰρ δοκίμαζεν ὀϊζύος εἰνὶ καμίνῳ,

Ἐκ δ' εἶμι χρυσῷ ἴκελος πολὺ λαμπετόωντι,

Ὅς τ' εὖ παμφαίνῃ κεκαθαρμένος ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ.

Ἀστεμφέως ἑὸν ἴχνος ἐμοῖς ἐδίωξα πόδεσσιν,

Ἴχνεσιν ἰθυπόροισιν ἑῶν ἐφύλαξα κελεύθων,

Καὶ ποσὶν ἀκλινέεσσι, καὶ ἐκ ἀφόμαρτον ὁδοῖο.

Οὐδέ μοι ἄμμορρος κραδίη ἀπεχάζετ' ἐφετμέων

Ἄς ἐπέτελλε Πατὴρ, ζάθεον δ' ἀπὸ θεσμὸν ἔθηκε·

Οἷά τε ἐν κόλπῳ κειμήλιον, ὅττι παρ' αὐτοῦ

Ἦλθε διὰ στόματος, τόδε μοι προφερέστερόν ἐστιν

Ἠὲ μέρος σίτοιο, τό μοι ἐπέοικε νέμεσθαι,

Ἠῢ μέρος σίτοιο, καὶ ἄλφιτα, μυελὸς ἀνδρῶν.

Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ θείων μινύων ἀραρώς·

Οὐδέ τις ἄρρηκτον, τὸ Θεὸς φρεσὶν ᾗσι μενοινᾷ,

Οὐδ' ἅλιον θήσει· ὁμὸς οἱ νόος, ἠδ' ἵα βουλή·

Ἔρξεν ὅπως ἐθέλει καὶ οἱ φίλον ἔπλετο θυμῷ.

Τοῦτο δ’ ἐξετέλεσσε, τό μοι πεπρωμένον ἦεν·

Ἦτοι πολλὰ τοιαῦτα παρ’ ἑῷ ἔστ’ ἠδὲ καὶ ἄλλα.

Τούνεκά με τρόμος εἷλεν, ἑὸν λεύσσοντα πρόσωπον·

Ὡς ἴδον, ὡς ῥίγησα, φόβος μ’ ἔχεν εἰσορόωντα.

Ἦ γάρ μοι κραδίην Θεὸς ἐν στήθεσσιν ἔλυσεν,

Δάκρυσί τε στοναχῇ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔτηξεν·

Ἀθάνατός μ’ ἐτάραξεν, ὃς κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον.

Οὕνεκ’ ἄρ’ οὐκ ἀπόλωλα, πάρος τάδε ἔργα γενέσθαι,

Αὐτίκα, πρὶν νεφέλη μοι ὀϊζύος ἦλθε μέλαινα,

Ἄτης τε στυγερὼ ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁμίχλην.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 23 focus

Then Job answered,

Even today is my complaint rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can’t find him;

He works to the north, but I can’t see him; He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 23.1 focus

[1] Then noble Job, groaning greatly, answered him: 'Woe is me, that now my form has become unseemly, as I lament over ceaseless pains.'

[2] Even if I groan sorely and shed countless tears, yet my wound has become sorer than my groaning. I do not shed as many tears as the grief for which they are worthy.

[3] Would that I might find God and reach his throne, as I wish I could stand upon the divine threshold. Would that I might be set face to face in judgment, so that I might know his ordinance.

[4] I would dare to set it out before him, and to face his reproaches, and his upright words; and I will take up the contest of his speeches, a tongue well-fenced with refutations and steadfast words.

[5] Ah, then I would know the words he would speak to me; I would consider in my heart what he might say against me.

[6] Would he indeed contend with me in his great strength, he who is a poor man, trusting in his might, relying on hands and valor? (Ah me, since no one could match his strength) — Not indeed... But he will put into my breast a very bold, fearless spirit, increasing my strength beyond envy.

[7] There the righteous would judge him duly, eagerly, in their desire that the arbiter grasp the outcome. And I would hope to win victory and glory from God, who has spoken judgment most uprightly among all.

[8] But woe is me, wretched, since God is unseen; I went forward, but I did not see him; and backward, but not even so am I able to see him with my eyes.

[9] Whether I go to the right toward the dawn and the sun, or I go to the left toward the misty darkness; I have not seen him on the left, where he wrought dreadful things; nor on the right, for there he is hidden.

[10] But nevertheless that one has clearly known my paths; Grieved at all things, he saw my ways and knew my mind; for he tested me as in the furnace of misery, and I come forth like gold that shines greatly, which gleams brightly when purified in the flame of fire.

[11] Firmly I pursued his track with my feet; I kept to the straight-going traces of his paths, and with unwavering feet, and I did not miss the road.

[12] Nor did my heart, blameless, shrink from the commandments which the Father enjoined, but he set a holy ordinance from it; As a treasure in the bosom, whatever came from him through the mouth, this is more precious to me than a portion of food, which it befits me to receive, or a portion of food, and barley, the marrow of men.

[13] But there is no man who has fitted himself to divine things by diminishing them; Nor will anyone make void what God in his own mind intends, nor make it idle; His mind is one and the same, and his counsel is one; He has done whatever he wishes, and it was dear to his heart.

[14] This he has accomplished, which was appointed for me; Indeed many such things are with him, and also others besides.

[15] Therefore trembling seized me, as I looked upon his face; As I saw, so I shuddered; fear held me as I gazed.

[16] For truly God has loosed my heart within my breast, and with tears and groaning and griefs he has melted my spirit; The Immortal One has troubled me, he who is mightiest power.

[17] Because I have not perished before these deeds came to be — at once, before the black cloud of misery came upon me, and I saw with my eyes the hateful mist of ruin.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 23.1 focus

Huic aut ẽ em graviter ingemiſcens reſpondit divinus Jobus,

Hei mihi! quoniam nunc mihi amarulenta fit querela

Acerbè lugenti præ continuis doloribus.

Etſi vehementer ingemo, & lacrymas infinitas fundo,

Veruntamen meum gemitu vehementius vulnus eſt;

Non tot lacrymas fundo, quot dolor dignus eſt.

Utinam invenire Deum, & ad ejus thronum accedere queam

Utinam ſtarem limine in cœleſti

Adverſarius in judicio, ut ordinarem cauſam.

Utique cum eo contendere auderem, & litigare coràm,

Dirigeré q; que ſermones, verborúm q; que ſubire certamen,

Linguam argumentis munitus firmis.

Bene equidem ſcirem verba in animo, quæ loqueretur,

Perpenderem id in mente, quod adverſùm me diceret.

Nunquid mecum certabit Deus miſero homuncione,

Robore ſuo fretus, manibúſque & viribus confiſus ?

(Hei mihi, quandoquidem nemo cum illo viribus comparar ĩ i

Non certé: verùm mihi robur audax immittet, (queat!)

Intrepidam in pectoribus vim magnam adaugens.

Ibi cum eo ſecundùm ordinem contendere-queant juſti

Propalam, cupientes ſub arbitrio litem dirimere.

Et tum ſperavero victoriam & gloriam conſequi

A Deo, qui inter omnes judicium rectiſſimè pronunciavit.

At heu me infelicem, quippe Deus nuſquam apparet:

Antrorſum ivi, ſed non illum aſpexi; etiam & retrorſum,

At ne q; que ità poſſum illum oculis videre.

Sive ad dextram vado ad aurorám q; que ſolémque,

Sive ad ſiniſtram ego ad occaſum obſcurum;

Non illum juxta lævam, ubi ſtrenua fecit, conſpexi;

Nec juxta dextram , ibi enim abſconditus eſt.

Veruntamen liquidò ille meas compertas-habuit vias,

Omnéſque mœrentis vidit mores, & mentem novit.

Poſtquam enim me exploraverit calamitatis in camino,

Exibo auro ſimilis multùm fulgenti,

Quod bene rutilaverit purgatum in ignis flamma.

Firmiter ejus veſtigium meis preſſi pedibus,

Greſſibus directis ejus ſervavi ſemitam,

Et pedibus non-declinantibus, & non aberravi à via.

Nec mihi retrogradum cor receſſit à mandatis

Quæ præcepit Pater, divinam verò legem repoſui

Veluti in ſinu theſaurum: quicquid ejus

Proceſſerit ex ore, id mihi ſatius eſt

Portione cibi, quam mihi convenit diſtribui,

Suavi portione cibi, & farinâ, medullâ hominum.

At non eſt homo divinorum conſiliorum impeditor;

Nec quis irritum, quod Deus mente ſuâ molitur,

Nec inane reddet: Idem illi animus, at q; que idem conſilium:

Fecit ut vult, & ſibi jucundum eſt animo.

Hoc enim perfecit, quod mihi decretum erat :

Sanè multa iſtiuſmodi apud eum ſunt & alia.

Idcirco me pavor cepit, dum ejus cernerem vultum;

Ut vidi, ut metui, timor me tenuit intuentem.

Certè enim mihi cor Deus in pectoribus diſſolvit,

Lacrymíſ q; que gemitú q; que & doloribus animum liquefecit:

Immortalis me perturbavit, cujus vires ſunt maximæ.

Quoniam non perii, antequam hæc opera fierent,

Statim, priuſquam nebula mihi calamitatis advenerit atra,

Infortunií q; que horrendam viderim oculis caliginem.

Notes on the current edition

Job

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