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Ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ἰὼβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ

Τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν ὧν με ὁ θεὸς

ἐφύλαξεν;

ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου,

ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει·

ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδούς,

ὅτε ὁ θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου·

ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν, κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες·

ὅτε ἐχέοντο αἱ ὁδοί μου βουτύρῳ,

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τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι·

ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει,

ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος.

ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν,

πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν·

ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες, δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ

στόματι.

οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με,

καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη·

ὅτὶ οὗς ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐμακάρισέν με,

ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινεν.

διέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου,

καὶ ὀρφανῷ ᾧ οὐκ ἦν βοηθὸς ἐβοήθησα·

εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι,

στόμα δέ χήρας με εὐλόγησεν.

δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνδεδύκειν,

ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοίδι

ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν,

ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν.

ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων,

δίκην δὲ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα·

συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων·

ἐκ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξήρπασα.

εἶπα δέ Ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει·

ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω·

ἡ ῥίζα διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὑδατος,

καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου·

ἡ δόξα μου καινὴ μετʼ ἐμοῦ,

καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύεται.

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ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον,

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ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῆ ἐμῇ βουλῆ·

ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμῷ ῥήματι οὐ προσέθεντο,

περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν·

ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν

ἐμὴν λαλιάν.

ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσιν·

καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν.

ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων.

καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις, ὃν τρόπον

παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν.

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).) — 29.1 focus

Ὡς φάτο· τὸν δ’ ἔπις προσεφώνεεν εἶν ἑτάροισιν,

Ἀλλ’ ἄνεῳ ἐγένοντο· πάλιν δ’ ὅγε μῦθον ἔειπεν·

Εἴθ’ ὡς ἡβώοιμι, βίη δέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη,

Ὡς προτέροις μήνεσσι καὶ ἤμασιν, ὄφρα Θεός μοι

Ἐν πάντεσσι πόνοισι παρίστατο, καί μ’ ἐφύλασσε.

Τοῦ καὶ ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ δαΐδων πέρι λαμπομενάων

Θεσπέσιόν μοι φέγγος ἀνὰ ζόφον ἴχνος ὁδήγει,

Ἀσφαλέως δὲ βέβηκα διὰ κνέφας ἱππόθ’ ὁλιχθόν.

Ὡς ὅτε μοι ἥβης χαρίεστατον ἄνθος ἔχοντι

Βουλὴ Ἀθανάτοιο περὶ κλισίῃσιν ἔμιμνεν.

Ὡς πάρος, ὄφρ’ ἔτι μοι σὺν μὲν Θεὸς, ἀμφὶ δὲ τέκνα.

Ὡς ὅτε βουτύρῳ πάντ’ ἴχνιά μοι ἐλόεσσα

Πιδήεν, γλυκερῷ, λιαρὴ δ’ ἀναδέδρομε πέτρη,

Βλύασέ δέ μοι λιπαρῷ μελιηδέα νάματ’ ἐλαίῳ.

Εἴποτ’ ἐγὼν ἀνόρουσα, πύληνδ’ ἴμεν, ἢ κατ’ ἄστυ

Ἤλυθον, ἢ ἐν ἀγυιῇ ἐμὴν ἔντυια καθέδρην·

Ὡς ἴδον, ὡς ἔκρυφθεν ὁμοῦ θαλεροὶ αἰζηοὶ,

Μίμνειν δ’ οὐ τόλμησαν, ἐμὸν δ’ ἄζοντο πρόσωπον,

Αἰδώς τέ σφεας εἷλεν· ἀνέσταν δ’ αἶψα γέροντες,

Ἔσταν δ’ ὡς μ’ ὁρόωντο, σέβας τ’ ἔχεν ἄνδρα ἕκαστον.

Ἴφθιμοι βασιλῆες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ,

Αἰδοῖ εἴξαντες, δεῖσαν δέ τέ μοι παρεόντος

Ἀντίον εἰπέμεναι, ἐπὶ μάσακα χεῖρα τιθέντες.

Διὼ δ’ ἄνεῳ ἔστησαν ἀγακλυτοὶ ἡγεμονῆες,

Τῶν καὶ σιγαλέῳ κολλήθη γλῶσσα λάρυγγι.

Οὖας ἐμὴν φωνὴν ὡς ἔκλυεν, ὡς μακάριζεν,

Ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν, ὅτ’ αὐδήσαντος ἄκουσεν,

Ὦ μάκαρ Ἰῶβε, μοιρηγενὲς, ὀλβιόδαιμον,

Τρισμάκαρες μὲν σοί γε πατὴρ καὶ πότνια μήτηρ,

Γαστὴρ δ’ ἥ σ’ ἐλόχευσε μακαρτάτη· ὥς τις ἔειπε

Μῦθον ἀγασσάμενος μάλ' ὅτ' ἔκλυε φωνήσαντος.

Καί μ' ὀφθαλμὸς ὄπωπεν, ἐμοί τ' ἐπιμάρτυρος ἔσκεν:

Ὡς πτωχῷ ἐσάωσα δίκην, καὶ ἄκουσα λιτάων,

Αὐτίκα πνιγομένῳ, καὶ ὑπερβίων ὕβριν ἀλάλκων·

Ὡς τε πατὴρ γηρόμυθον, καὶ ἐπίτροπον ὀρφανικοῖο,

Πρόφρων δ' οἱ ἐπάμυνα, τῷ ἐκ ἐπιτάρροθος ἦεν.

Ὅς τ' ὀλιγηπελέε, σχεδόθεν δέ οἱ ἦεν ὄλεθρος,

Εὔχετο χεῖρ' ὀρέγων, καί μοι μάλα πόλλ' ἱκετεύων,

Γουνούμαί σε, ἄναξ, ἱκέτης δέ τοι εὔχομαι εἶναι·

Σοὶ δὲ Θεὸς τόσα δοίη, ὅσα φρεσὶ σῇσι μενοινᾷς.

Ὡς ἔφατ' εὐχόμενος, τῷ καὶ Θεὸς ἔκλυεν αὐδῆς·

Δηθὰ τρυζομένης χήρης ἐγέλασσε φίλον κῆρ

Γηθοσύνῃ, τοῖος γὰρ ἐγώ οἱ ἐπίρροθος ἦα.

Ἧν δὲ δικαιοσύνην ἐπιειμένος ἠΰτε χλαῖναν,

Ἢ δέ μοι εὐνομίη ὡς διάδημα καὶ ἐσθής.

Ὄμματα μὲν τυφλοῖσιν ἔην, χωλοῖσι δὲ ταρσός.

Αἰεὶ δ' πτωχοῖσι, πατὴρ ὥς, ἤπιος ἦα,

Ἠράννησα δίκας, ὅτ' ἐν ἀνδράσι νεῖκος ὄρωρεν,

Ὄφρα διαγνοίην ἠμὲν κακὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἐσθλόν.

Γαμφηλὰς συνέαξα πελωρίου ὕβριστῆρος,

Ληΐδα δ' οἱ γλυκερὴν μέσσων ἐξήρπασ' ὀδόντων.

Ἔνθα δ' ἔφην θαλίῃφι καὶ εἰρήνῃφι πεποιθὼς,

Ἄτρομος, ἥσυχος τεθνήξομαι εἰνὶ καλιῇ,

Οἴκῳ ἐν ἡμετέρῳ ἐπὶ γήραος ἵζομαι ἕδρην,

Ἤματα μοι μάλα μυρί' ὅσα ψάμαθός τε κόνις τε:

Ῥίζα δέ μοι καλοῖσιν ἐπίλνατο ἀμφὶ ῥεέθροις,

Παννυχίην τ' ἐμὸν ἔρνος ἔχεν τεθαλυῖαν ἐέρσην.

Αἰεί μοι κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι τεθήλει·

Κυκλοτερὲς μέγα τόξον, ὅ μοι παλάμηφιν ἀρήρει,

Ἔμπεδον, ὡς νεότευκτον, ἀεὶ πέλεν, ἀλλ' ἐτάνυστο,

Ἀμφοτέρην, πίσυνος τε βιῷ, πίσυνος τε βίηφι.

Φθεγγομένου δ' ἄρα μευ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδ' ἐπίθοντο

Ἄνθρωποι, σιγῇ ποτιδέγμενοι, εἰσόκεν αὐτὸς

Φαίνω, ἱέμενοι μευ ἀμύμονα μῆτιν ἀκοῦσαι.

Ὡς τ' εἶπον τά με θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κέλευεν,

Οὐδ' ἄνευ ἐγένοντο, καὶ οὔ μέ τις ἀντίον ἤυδα,

(Αἰδὼς γάρ σφιν ἐπῆλθε) καὶ οὐ προσεπτύξατο μύθῳ·

Τοῖσιν δ' ἡμέτερος στάζεν λόγος ὥσπερ ἐέρση,

Καί μοι ἀπὸ γλώσσης μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή.

Ὡς δ' ὅτε διψὰς ἀλωὴ ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον ἔμιμνε,

Γαῖά τε καρχαλέη χάνεν ὕετῳ ὀψὲ ῥέοντι,

Ὡς οἵ γ' ἑστήκεσιν κεχηνότες, εἰσόκ' ἐπ' αὐτοῦ

Λαιμῷ ἀπ' εὐκελάδοιο μελίφρονα γῆρυν ἔχευα.

Εἴ ποτ' ἐγὼ μείδησα, γέλως δ' ἐχάραξεν ὀπωπὰς,

Ἀλλ' οἵ γ' οὐ πείθοντο, πάρος νυ γὰρ ἔτι θάμιζον,

Δεινὸς ἐὼν καὶ σεμνὸς ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ὁρᾶσθαι.

Ἀλλ' ὡς οὐδέ μοι ὄσσε κατηφείῃ σκιόωντο.

Οὐδέ τ' ἐλεγχείη ἐπεπίλνατο, ἀλλὰ μάλ' αἴθρη

Πέπτατο ἀννέφελος, λευκὴ δ' ἐπιδέδρομεν αἴγλη.

Ὡς βασιλεὺς στρατῆφι μέγ' ἔξοχος ἔπλετο πάντων,

Ἀρχὸς, (ὃ γάρ τ' ἄνδρεσσι μεταπρέπει αἰχμομάχοισι)

Μυρομένων δέ τ' ἔθελγε νόον, καὶ θυμὸν ἔγειρεν·

Ὡς ἔμ' ἀείζηλον θῆκεν Θεὸς ἤματι κείνῳ,

Ἔκπρεπέ' ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν,

Αἰὲν ἀειδόμενον, μέγαν σημάντορα λαῶν.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 29 focus

Job again took up his parable, and said,

Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was in my tent;

When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

When I went forth to the city gate, When I prepared my seat in the street,

The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood;

The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:

Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.

The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame.

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.

I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Then I said, I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch;

My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.

Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

After my words they didn’t speak again; My speech fell on them.

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 29.1 focus

[1] Thus he spoke; And then he addressed his companions with a word, but they became silent; and again he spoke a word;

[2] Would that I were in my youth, and my strength were steadfast, as in former months and days, when God stood by me in all my labors, and guarded me.

[3] By his light, when torches shone around my head, a wondrous radiance guided my path through the darkness, and I walked safely through the long gloom.

[4] As when the most lovely flower of youth was upon me, the counsel of the Immortal One waited about my tents.

[5] As in former days, while God was still with me, and my children around me.

[6] As when my every footstep was washed with butter, with sweet oil, and the rock poured out for me streams of honey-sweet olive oil.

[7] Whenever I rose up and went to the gate, or came through the city, or set my seat in the street.

[8] As they saw me, so at once they hid themselves, the vigorous young men, and they did not dare to remain, but shrank from my face, and awe seized them. And the elders rose up at once, and they stood still when they looked at me, and reverence held each man.

[9] Mighty kings fell silent in stillness, yielding to shame, and they feared to speak to me while I was present, laying their hand upon their mouth.

[10] Therefore the glorious leaders stood speechless, and their tongue stuck to their silent throat.

[11] When an ear heard my voice, it blessed me; and when one heard me speak, he would say this: 'O blessed Job, born to destiny, happy and fortunate, thrice-blessed are your father and your honored mother, and most blessed the womb that bore you.' as one spoke a word in wonder, when he heard him speaking. And an eye has seen me, and it was a witness for me: how I saved justice for the poor, and heard their prayers, at once for the choking man, and warding off the violence of the overbearing.

[12] As a father to the aged, and a guardian of the orphan, and I readily defended him, so that I was a helper to him.

[13] Whoever was faint of strength, and destruction was near him, he prayed stretching out his hand, and earnestly beseeching me much: I beseech you, lord, and I pray to be your suppliant. May God give you as much as you desire in your heart. So he spoke praying, and God also heard his voice. Long did the widow's heart laugh with gladness as she murmured, for I was such a helper to her.

[14] I was clothed in righteousness as in a cloak, and my good order was like a diadem and a garment.

[15] I was eyes to the blind, and a foot to the lame.

[16] Always to the poor, like a father, I was gentle; I would break up their cases, whenever strife had arisen among men, so that I might discern both the evil and the good.

[17] I smashed the jaws of the monstrous ruffian, and snatched the sweet prey out of the midst of his teeth.

[18] Then I said, trusting in feasting and peace, unshaken and at rest I shall die in my nest; in my own house I sit on a seat in old age, my days are as countless as sand and dust; and my root spread beside the fair streams, and all night long my branch held its flourishing dew.

Ῥίζα δέ μοι καλοῖσιν ἐπίλνατο ἀμφὶ ῥεέθροις,

Παννυχίην τ' ἐμὸν ἔρνος ἔχεν τεθαλυῖαν ἐέρσην.

[20] Always my good glory flourished among men; My great rounded bow, which was fitted to my hands, remained steadfast, as if newly made, always; but it was stretched out, trusting in both the bow and in strength.

[21] When I spoke, people listened to me greatly and obeyed, waiting in silence, until I myself should appear, eager to hear my blameless counsel.

[22] As I spoke, whatever my heart within my breast urged me, they did not come to pass without effect, and no one spoke against me, (for shame came upon them) and no one addressed me with a word. My speech dripped upon them like dew, and from my tongue flowed a voice sweeter than honey.

[23] As when a thirsty threshing-floor awaited the autumn rain, and the parched earth gaped for the late-falling rain, so they stood with mouths open, until I poured sweet speech from my melodious throat.

[24] If ever I smiled, laughter creased my face, but they would not believe it, for before now they still thronged to me, though I was fearsome and august to behold among men. But so that my eyes were not darkened with gloom. Nor did reproach draw near, but very brightly it flew cloudless, and a white radiance ran over it.

[25] As a king was greatly preeminent among hosts, a leader (for he stands out among spear-fighting men), and he charmed the mind of those who mourned, and stirred their spirit. How God made me ever-envied on that day, distinguished among many and preeminent among heroes, ever sung of, a great leader of peoples.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 29.1 focus

Sic dixit; eum verò nemo allocutus eſt inter ſodales,

At muti facti ſunt; rurſus autem is ſermonem dixit:

Utinam ſic pubeſcerem, vires autem mihi integræ eſſent,

Sicut in priſtinis menſibus & diebus, dum Deus mihi

In omnibus laboribus adfuit, & me cuſtodivit.

Cujus etiam circa meum caput lucernis fulgentibus,

Divina mihi lux per caliginem greſſum dirigebat,

Tutò autem incedebam per tenebras nunquam vacillans.

Sicut quando mihi juventæ gratiſſimum florem habenti

Conſilium Immortalis circa tentorium manſit.

Sicut antea, cùm adhuc & mecum Deus, & circa me liberi.

Sicut quando butyro omnes greſſus meos lavi

Pingui, dulci, lævis autem eminuit rupes,

Effudítque mihi pinguis ſuaves latices olei.

Siquando ego ſurrexi ad-portam iturus, aut per urbem

Veni, aut in compito meam apparavi cathedram:

Quamprimum viderunt,abſconderunt ſe ſimul florentes ju-veneſ,

Manere a. autem non ſuſtinuerunt, meúmq; meúmque reverebantur vultum,

Pudórque ipſos cepit; ſurrexerunt verò illico ſenes,

Stererúnt q; que ut-primum me cernerent, veneratió q; que tenuit virum unumquem q; que.

Magnanimi reges muti erant ſilentio,

Pudori indulgentes, verebantúr q; que me præſente

Coràm proloqui, ſuper os manum ponentes.

Diu autem muti ſteterunt præclari principes,

Eorum etiam taciturno adhæſit lingua palato.

Auris meam vocem quamprimum audiit, beatum-me prædicavit,

Sic autem quiſpiam dicebat, cùm loquentem audiit,

O beate Jobe, bono-fato-nate, fortunate,

Ter-beati tibi pater & veneranda mater,

Venter autem qui te enixus eſt, feliciſſimus: ſic aliquis dixit:;

Sermonem admirans, me cùm audiit loquentem.

Et me oculus vidit, mihí q; que teſtis fuit.

Quòd pauperis ſervavi jus, & audivi preces,

Contumeliam ulciſcens, & ſuperbam injuriam propulſans;

Velutí q; que pater eram & tutor orphani,

Propenſus autem ei opitulatus ſum, cui auxiliator non erat.

Quí q; que languebat, propè autem ei erat mors,

Precabatur manus extendens, & me valde multùm orans,

Obſecro te, rex, ſupplex autem tibi eſſe profiteor,

Tibi verò Deus det, quanta animo tuo concupiſcis.

Sic dixit precans, cujus etiam Deus audiit vocem.

Diu afflictæ viduæ riſit charum cor

Præ lætitia, talis enim ego ei auxiliator fui.

Eram autem juſtitiâ indutus tanquam pallio,

Mihi autem integritas quaſi diadema & veſtimentum.

Oculi cæcis eram, claudíſque pedes.

Semper autem pauperibus pater ceu lenis eram,

Inveſtigavi cauſas, cùm inter homines rixa orta eſt,

Ut diſcernerem tam malum quàm bonum.

Maxillas confregi terribilis oppreſſoris,

Prædám q; que ei dulcem è mediis eripui dentibus.

Tum verò dixi proſperitate & tranquillitate fretus,

Intrepidus, quietus moriar in nido,

Domo in noſtra ad ſenectutis limen perveniam,

Dies mei valde innumeri (erunt) quot arená q; que pulvíſ q; que

Radix autem mea pulchra diffundebatur circa fluenta,

Totá q; que nocte meum germen habuit floridum rorem.

Semper mihi gloria ſplendida inter homines floruit;

Orbicularis magnus arcus, qui meis manibus aptus erat,

Firmus, quaſi recèns-fabricatus, ſemper fuit, at eùm terendi,

Utrumque, fretúſ q; que arcu fretúſ q; que robore.

Loquentem uti q; que me valde audiverunt, & obtemperârunt

Homines, tacitè expectantes dum ipſe

Loquerer, cupientes meum inculpatum conſilium audire.

Cúm q; que dixiſſem quæ me animus in pectoribus juſſit,

Hi muti erant, & nemo mihi viciſſim reſpondit,

(Pudor enim eos occupavit) nec compellavit dicto.

Iis verò noſter ſtillavit ſermo tanquam ros,

Et mea à lingua melle dulcior fluebat oratio.

Sicut autem quando ſitibundum arvum autumnalem imbrem

expectat,

Terráque ſicca inhiat pluviæ ſerotinæ,

Sic hi ſteterunt hiantes, donec ſuper eos

Gutture à dulciſono vocem fudi mellifluam.

Siquando ego ſubriſi, riſúsq; riſúsque ſignavit faciem,

At ii non crediderunt, antea enim neutiquam ſolebam,

Gravis quippe fui & modeſtus inter homines viſu.

At neq; neque ſic mihi oculi erant obnubilati verecundiâ,

Neq; Neque probrum appropinquavit fronti, ſed valde ſerenitas

Pandebatur abſq; abſque-nube, lucidúsq; lucidúsque circumfulſit ſplendor.

Sicut rex in exercitu longè eximius eſt inter omnes,

Ductor (is enim homines excellit inter congregatos)

Lugentiúmq; Lugentiúmque demulcet animum, & ſpiritum excitat:

Ità me conſpicuum fecit Deus die illo,

Eminentem inter multos & eximium heroàs,

Semper præcellentem, magnum imperatorem populorum.

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3. B

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6. B

Septuaginta Job 29

ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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