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διαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου,

καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον.

καὶ ἔτι ἐμέρισεν ὁ θεὸς ἄνωθεν,

καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων.

οὐαί, ἀπώλεια τῷ ἀδίκῳ, καὶ ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς ποιοῦσιν

ἀνομίαν.

οὐχὶ αὐτὸς ὄψεται ὁδόν μου,

καὶ πάντα τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐξαριθμηθήσεται;

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εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν,

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον·

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§6ἕσταμαι γὰρ ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ,

οἶδεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου·

εἰ ἐξέκλινεν ὁ πούς μου ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ,

εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ ἐπηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου,

εἰ δὲ καὶ ταῖς χερσίν μου ἡψάμην δώρων·

σπείραιμι ἄρα καὶ ἄλλοι φάγοισαν.

ἄριζος δὲ γενοίμην ἐπὶ γῆς.

εἰ ἐξηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου,

εἰ καὶ ἐνκάθετος ἐγενόμην ἐπὶ θύραις αὐτῆς·

ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνὴ μου ἐτέρῳ.

τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη.

θυμὸς γὰρ ὀργῆς ἀκατάσχετος, τὸ μιᾶναι ἀνδρὸς γυναῖκα·

πῦρ γάρ ἐστιν καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν·

οὗ δ᾿ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ, ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν.

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης, κρινομένων

αὐτῶν πρὸς μέ·

τί γὰρ ποιήσω ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιῆται ὁ κύριρς;

ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν, τίνα ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι;

πότερον οὐχ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐν γαστρί, καὶ ἐκεῖνοι

γεγόνασιν;

γεγόναμεν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κοιλίᾳ.

ἀδύνατοι δέ χρείαν ἥν ποτʼ εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον.

χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα

εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸν ψωμόν μου ἔφαγον μόνος, καὶ οὐχὶ ἀρφανῷ

μετέδωκα·

ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατήρ,

καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·

εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα αὐτόν·

⁵⁶

ἀδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με,

⁷

ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μου ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὔμοι αὐτῶν·

εἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα, πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια

περίεστιν,

ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός,

ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνος συντριβείη.

φόβος γὰρ συνέσχεν με,

καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω.

εἰ ἔταξα χρυσίον εἰς χοῦν μου,

εἰ δὲ καὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ ἐπεποίθησα,

εἰ δὲ καὶ εὐφράνθην πολλοῦ πλούτου μου γενομένου,

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπʼ ἀναριθμήτοις ἐθέμην χεῖρά μου·

ἢ οὐχ ὁρῶμεν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιφαύσκοντα ἐκλείποντα,

σελήνην δὲ φθίνουσαν; οὐ γὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἐστιν·

καὶ εἰ ἠπατήθη λάθρα ἡ καρδία μου,

εἰ δέ χεῖρά μου ἐπιθεὶς ἐπὶ στόματί μου ἐφίλησα·

καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἄρα ἀνομία ἡ μεγίστη λογισθείη,

ὅτι ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου.

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου,

καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου Εὖγε·

ἀκούσαι ἄρα τὸ οὗς μου τὴν κατάραν μου,

θρυληθείην δὲ ἄρα ὑπὸ λαοῦ μου κακούμενος.

εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλάκις εἶπον αἱ θεράπαιναί μου Τίς ἂν δῴη ἡμῖν

τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ πλησθῆναι;

λίαν μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος·

ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος,

ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο·

⁸¹⁰

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἁμαρτὼν ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου,

οὐ γὰρ διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους τοῦ μὴ ἐξαγορεῦσαι

ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν·

εἰ δὲ καὶ εἴασα ἀδύνατον ἐξελθεῖν θύραν μου κόλπῳ κενῷ·

τίς δῴη ἀκούοντά μου ;

χεῖρα δὲ Κυρίου εἰ μὴ ἐδεδοίκειν,

συγγραφὴν δὲ ἣν εἶχον κατά τινος

ἐπ᾿ ὤμοις ἂν περιθέμενος

στέφανον ἀνεγίνωσκον,

καὶ εἰ μὴ ῥήξας αὐτὴν ἀπέδανκα,

οὐθὲν λαβὼν παρὰ χρεοφιλέτου·

εἰ ἐπʼ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν,

εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·

εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς,

εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκλαβὼν ἐλύπησα·

ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη,

ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος.

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).) — 31.1 focus

Συνθεσίην ποίησα μετ' ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐμοῖσιν

Αἰδοῖός τ' ἔμεναι, καὶ μήποτε παρθενοπίπτης·

Τίπτε μοι ἐν ἑλικῶπις ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μέμβλετο κούρης;

Τίς γὰρ ἀπ' οὐρανόθεν μόρος; ἢ τίς θέσφατος αἶσα;

Ἠὲ τίς ἵκετο μοῖρα Θεοῦ μεγάλοιο ἕκητι;

Ἠὲ τίς ἔπλετο κλῆρος ἀπ' αἰθέρος ὑψόθεν ἐλθών;

Οὐκ ἄρ' ἀτασθάλλοντας ἐπ' ἀνέρας αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος;

Οὐ πότμος παράδοξος ἐπ' αἴσυλα μηχανόωντας;

Οὐκ ἄρ' ἐμὰς ἄθρησεν ὁδοὺς Θεὸς, ἔργα τε πάντα,

Ἴχνιά τ' εὖ ἐνόησε, καὶ ᾧ πεμπάζατο θυμῷ;

Εἰ σφαλερὴν ἔστειβον ὁδὸν ματίης ἀλεγεινῆς,

Ἐς δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην ἤϊξα προφρονὶ θυμῷ,

Κραιπνοῖσίν τε πόδεσσ', ὀλοφώϊα δήνεα εἰδώς·

Εὖ με ταλαντίζοι τις ἐνὶ πλάστιγγι δικαίῃ,

Τῷ καὶ ἀκηρασίην Θεὸς εἴσεται, ἥ μοι ὀπηδεῖ.

Εἰ δ' ἐμὸν ἴχνος ἔκλινα παρέξ ὁδοῦ ἰθυπορείου,

Ἐς δὲ μετ' ὀφθαλμοῖο βολὰς ἐμὸν ἦτορ ἔβαινεν,

Εἴ τίς ἐμοὶ ἐνὶ μῶμος ἔην, ἐμίηνε δὲ χεῖρας·

Δὴ τότ' ἐγὼ σπείροιμι, καὶ ἄλλος καρπὸν ἔδοιτο,

Ῥιζόθεν ἐξαπόλοιτο καὶ ἔκγονος, ὅν κε φυτεύσω.

Εἴποτε θελξινόου κάλλος μ' ἀπάτησε γυναικὸς,

Εἴποθ' ἐρωτοτόκοισιν ἀπεπλάγχθην φρένα μύθοις,

Εἰ δολερὸν λόχον εἶσα πύλῃς ἔπι γείτονος ἀνδρός·

Δὴ τότ' ἐμὴ ἄλοχος, λέχος αἰσχύνουσα καὶ εὐνὴν,

Ἄλλῳ ἀλετρεύοι, λάθρῃ φιλότητι μιγεῖσα·

Ἄλλοι τ' ἀγκὰς ἔχοιεν ἐμὴν μάρψαντες ἄκοιτιν.

Ἦ γὰρ σχέτλια ἔργα τάδ' ἔσσεται, ὅσσά τε πολλὰ

Τίννυνθ', ὡς ἐπέοικε, δικασπόλοι, οἵ τε θέμιστας

Πρὸς Θεοῦ εἰρύαται· ἐπεὶ οὐκέτ' ἀνεκτὰ πέλονται.

Ὡς δ' ὅτε πῦρ αἴδηλον ἐν ἀξύλῳ ἐμπέσῃ ὕλῃ,

Πάντη τ' εἰλυφόων ἄνεμος φέρει, οἱ δέ τε θάμνοι

Πρέῤῥιζοι πίπτουσιν ἐπειγόμενοι πυρὸς ὁρμῇ·

Ὡς νύ κε τοῦτ' ἀλίτημα πάλαι μοι χρήματ' ἔκερε,

Πρέῤῥιζόν τ' ἐμὸν ὄλβον ἐπισμυγερῶς ἀμάθυνεν.

Εἰ γε δίκην ἀθέτησα, καὶ ἐκ ὀδόμην ποτὲ μομφῆς

Δμωός τε δμωῆς θ', ὅτε μοι ἔριδα προφέροντο·

Ἀλλὰ τί ποιήσω, ὅτ' Ἀκήρατος ἄμμιν ἀναστῇ,

Κείνη θ' ὃς μάλα πᾶσι θεμισπόλοισιν ἀνάσσει,

Ὅς πασέων τ' ἔφορος καὶ ἐπίσκοπος ἀμπλακιῶν;

Τί πρῶτον, τί δ' ἔπειτα, τί δ' ὑστάτιον καταλέξω;

Οὐχ ὃ με ποιήσας ἐνὶ γαστέρι, τεῦξε καὶ αὐτόν;

Οὐκ ἴσον δέμας ἀμφοτέροις εἷς ἔπλασε τέκτων

Μητέρος ἐκ γαίης ὁμογάστριον, ἔκ τε κονίης;

Εἰ δέ ποτ' ἀκράαντον ἔλω πτωχοῖσιν ἐέλδωρ,

Οὔτι διδόντος ἐμεῦ, ἀγανὸς δέ μοι οἶκτος ὄλωλεν·

Εἰ χήρῃ ἀλεγεινῇ, ἐφυβρίζοντος ἐμεῖο,

Ἔφθιατ' ὀφθαλμοί τε, δεδάκρυνταί τε παρειαί·

Εἰ καὶ μονοφάγησα, καὶ ἀξείνοιο τραπέζης

Οἶος σῖτον ἔδηδα, καὶ ὀρφανὸν ἐκ ἐκάλεσσα

Δαῖτα πρὸς ἡμετέρην, ἵνα μοι ὁμοδόρπιος εἴη·

(Κηδόμενος δ' ἀμφοῖν, χήρης τε καὶ ὀρφανικοῖο,

Τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ ἀπὸ παιδὸς εὔτρεφον ἠδ' ἀτίταλλον,

Ἀμφαγαπαζόμενος ὡσεί τ' ἐμὸν υἱὸν ἐόντα,

Τῇ δ' ἐπίκουρος ἔην ἐξ οὗ ἐμὲ γείνατο μήτηρ·)

Εἰ πτωχὸν ψύχει ὀλιγοδρανέοντα νόησα

Ἤματι τῷ ὅτε πέρ τε χιὼν ἐπάθυνεν ἀρούρας,

Δευόμενον χλαίνης καὶ ἀλεξανέμοιο χιτῶνος,

Οὐδέ πω οἱ ῥάκος ἰῷ ἀνέμῳ σκέπας, οὐδ' ἀλεωρὴ

Χείματος ἀργαλέου· ὁ δέ μοι τρομέεσκε παραστὰς

Βαμβαίνων, ἄραβος δὲ διὰ στόμα γίνετ' ὀδόντων,

Χλωρὸς ὑπαὶ ῥίγεος, τὸ δ' καὶ οἴκτιστον ἰδέσθαι·

Εἰ τοῖον ἴδον ποτὲ χειμοθνῆτα γενέθλῃ·

Μᾶλλον δ' ὅς μιν ἔθαλπον ἐμῶν ὑπὸ κώεσι μήλων,

Ὅς δ' ἐπαλθαίνετ' ἐμῆς κεκαλυμμένος οἰὸς ἀώτῳ,

Ἰξὺς δ' οἱ θερμάνθη, ὁ δ' εὔχετο χεῖρας ἀνασχὼν,

Χαῖρε, ἄναξ, ὅτι σοι μένῳ ζωάγρι' ὀφέλλω·

Εἰ παῖδ' ὀρφανικὸν κρατερῇ ποτε χεὶρ ἐπίεζον,

Θαρσήσας, ὅτι μοι φίλος ἦεν δικασπόλος ἀνὴρ

Ἤμενος εἰνὶ πύλῃσιν, ὁ δ' σχεδὸν ἦλθεν ἀρωγὸς,

Ὅς κε τάχ' εἵνεκ' ἐμεῦ σκολιὰς κρίνειε θέμιστας·

Τόφρα μοι ἀμφ' ὤμοιο διαχλιάοιτο νεῦρα.

Πάντα, καὶ ἐκ κοτύλης πέσοι ἐν κονίῃσι βραχίων

Πρυμνὸς ἀπ' ὀστέοφιν, κληῗδων ἀγνυμενάων.

Ἀργαλέος γὰρ ἐμοὶ καὶ φρικτὸς ἐείσατο πότμος,

"Ὅν Θεὸς ὑβριστῇσιν ὑπερφιάλοισιν ἐφῆκε,

Τλῆναι δ' οὐκ ἔνι μοι, ἐπειὴ πανυπέρτατος ἦεν.

Εἰ πότ' ἔδω πλούτῳ πίσυνος καὶ χρήμασι πολλοῖς,

"Εἰ χρυσῷ πιλητῷ καὶ ὀβρύζῳ ἐπεποίθεα,

Φῆν δὲ οἱ, Ἐλπωρὴ σύ μοι εἶς, καὶ ἔρεισμα, καὶ ἄλκαρ·

Εἰ ἐχάρην, καὶ θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι γεγήθει,

"Οὔνεκ' ἔην ἀφνειὸς, ἄλις δέ μοι ὄλβος ὀπήδει·

Εἰ φάος ἠελίοιο μέγα στίλβοντος ὄπωπα,

"Ἢ αἰγλήεσσαν νυκτιδρόμον ὄμμα σελήνης·

Καί με κρυπταδίοισι παρέκ νόον ἤγαγε δαίμων,

Χεῖρα δέ μοι στόμ' ἔκυσσε, θεὸν δ' ὡς ἀστέρ' ἔτισα·

Σχέτλια καὶ τάδε ἔργα, καὶ οὐκέτ' ἀνεκτὰ δικαστῇ,

"Οὕτω γάρ κεν ἀνηνάιμην Θεὸν ὑψιμέδοντα.

Εἰ δέ μοι ἦτορ ἰάνθη ἐπ' ἀνέρος ὀλλυμένοιο,

"Ὧς με μάλ' ἤχθηρεν, καὶ ὀϊζύσαντος ἐπήρθην·

(Οὐχ ὁσίη γὰρ δειλῷ ἐπὶ βροτῷ εὐχετάασθαι.

Οὐδὲ θ' ἀμβλοεπὲς στόμα μοι θυμοφθόρῳ κείνῳ

Πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο, στυγερὰς δ' ἐπεκέκλετ' Ἐριννῦς)

Εἰ δ' οὐχ ἡμέτεροί περ ἐφέστιοι ὣς ἀγόρευον,

"Αἴθ' ἄρ' ἔ μάρψαντες σάρκας καὶ πίονα δημὸν

"Ὦμον βεβρώθοιμεν, ὅτ' οὐ κόρος ἄμμι τέτυκται.

Οὐκ ἐν ἀγυιῇσι ξεῖνος ἴσκον αἰθριοκοιτεῖν,

Ἀλλ' ἀνέῳξα θύρας, ἵν' ὁδοιπόρον ἄνδρα δεχοίμην.

Εἰ δὲ θ' ὑπερβασίας μὰ ἔσκεπον, ὥσπερ Ἄδαμος,

"Ἐνδομύχως, κακότητα δ' ἐνὶ στήθεσφιν ἔκευθα.

Ἦ ῥά με παμπληθὴς λαῶν ἐτάραξεν ὅμιλος;

"Ἦ ῥέ νυ φῦλα βροτῶν μοι ὀνείδεσι θυμὸν ἄτυξεν,

"Ὥστ' ἀνεῴ μ' ἦσθαι ἐνὶ δώμασιν ἀχαλέοντα,

"Οὐδ' ἕρποντα θύραζε φόβῳ βεβολημένον αἰνῷ;

Ὡς ὄφελέν τις ἐμοὶ ἀεήκοον οὖας ἐρείδειν,

"Εἴθ' ἀπαμειβόμενός με Θεὸς κατεναντίον εἴποι,

Καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην, τόδε μευ πάλαι ἔστιν ἐέλδωρ·

Ὡς ὄφελ' ἀντίδικος γράψαι νημερτέα βίβλον.

Τὴν ἂν καταλοφάδια φέρων κεν ἐπήρατον ἄχθος

Βαίην, ἢ στεφανηδὸν ἐπὶ κροτάφοισι τιθείην.

Πάντα δ' εὐκρίνας ἐμά τ' ἴχνια πεμπασαίμην,

Τῷδε καὶ ἄασον ἰὼν ὡς ὄρχαμος ἀντιβολοίω.

"Ὕβρις εἰ ἐπεμέμφετ' ἐμεῦ ἐρίβωλος ἄρουρα,

Ἦ, πώοντο δ' ἀνάκτα πολύστονοι αὔλακες αἴης,

Οἷά περ ἀλλότριον βίῃ ἁρπάξαντα πέλεθρον·

Εἰ φάγον ἀπριάτης μελιηδέα καρπὸν ἀρούρης,

Ὥσπερ ἀκάπνια θύων, οὐδ' ἄξιον ὦνον ἔδωκα,

Μηστιάων δ' ὅς σφιν ὄλεθρον, ὅσοι πάρος ἐκτήσαντο·

Γαῖα φύοι τριβόλους, κὴ' ζωάρκεα πυρὸν,

Ἀντὶ δὲ σίτοιο θρεψήνορος αἶρα γένοιτο.

Ὥς ἄρα φωνήσας ἐπέων ἀπεπαύσατ' Ἴωβος.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 31 focus

I made a covenant with my eyes, How then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

Doesn’t he see my ways, And number all my steps?

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know my integrity);

If my step has turned out of the way, If my heart walked after my eyes, If any defilement has stuck to my hands,

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

If my heart has been enticed to a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her.

For that would be a heinous crime; Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it

(No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother’s womb);

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

If his heart hasn’t blessed me, If he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone.

For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon moving in splendor,

And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:

This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God who is above.

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

(Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?

(The sojourner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler);

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding my iniquity in my heart,

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.

I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him.

If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together;

If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life:

Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 31.1 focus

[1] I made a covenant with my eyes that I should be modest, and never a peeper after maidens; Why then did a maiden with glancing eyes weigh upon my mind?

[2] For what doom comes from heaven? Or what appointed fate? Or what portion came by the will of the great God? Or what lot was it that came from the high aether?

[3] Is not sheer destruction for men who act recklessly? Is it not a strange doom for those who devise wickedness?

[4] Did not God then behold my ways, and all my works, and did he not well perceive my footsteps, and with what mind he reckoned them?

[5] If I walked in a slippery path of grievous folly, and rushed into evil deceit with eager heart, and with swift feet, knowing deadly counsels—

[6] Let someone weigh me well in a just balance, and God will know my purity, which attends me.

[7] If I have turned my foot aside from the straight road, and if my heart has gone after the glances of my eye, and if any blame has been upon me, and it has defiled my hands—

[8] Then let me sow, and let another eat the fruit; let even my offspring be rooted out from the root, which I may plant.

[9] If ever the beauty of a mind-charming woman deceived me, if ever I was led astray in my heart by love-breeding words, if I lay in wait with a treacherous ambush at the door of my neighbor—

[10] Then let my wife, shaming my bed and couch, grind for another, having secretly mingled in love; And let others, having seized my wife, hold her in their arms.

[11] For truly these would be monstrous deeds, and all the many things that judges punish, as is fitting, who guard the ordinances before God; since they are no longer bearable.

[12] As when a consuming fire falls upon a woodless forest, and the wind drives it, whirling it everywhere, and the bushes fall root-and-branch, urged on by the onset of the fire; So now would this transgression long ago have cut off my goods, and would have utterly destroyed my root-and-branch prosperity miserably.

[13] If ever I set aside justice, and if I ever shrank from reproach of a male slave or a female slave, when they brought a quarrel against me;

[14] But what shall I do, when the Blameless One rises up against us, and that One who rules mightily over all lawgivers, who is overseer and inspector of all transgressions? What shall I recount first, what next, and what last?

[15] Did not the One who made me in the womb also fashion him himself? Did not one craftsman shape for both an equal frame, from mother earth, of the same womb, and from dust?

[16] If ever I took up an unfulfilled desire for the poor, when I was the one giving, and no gentle pity died in me; If I ever gloated over a wretched widow, and my eyes grew dim and my cheeks were wet with tears;

[17] If I ever ate alone, and alone ate my bread from an inhospitable table, and did not call the orphan to my meal, so that he might share my dinner;

[18] Caring for both, the widow and the orphan, I from childhood reared and cherished the one, embracing him as though he were my own son, and to the other I was a helper from the time my mother bore me; If I saw a poor man perishing with cold, lacking strength, on the day when the snow thickened the fields, drenched without a cloak and a wind-defending tunic, and never was there for him a rag as shelter against the one wind, nor any defense against the grievous winter;

[19] But he, standing beside me, kept trembling and shivering, and a chattering came through the mouth of my teeth, pale from the chill — and that was the most pitiable thing to see. If ever I saw such a one frozen to death by the cold.

[20] Rather, whose loins I warmed under the fleeces of my sheep, and who was warmed wrapped in the wool of my sheep, and whose back was made warm, and he would pray, lifting up his hands, 'Hail, lord, because for you, remaining alive, I owe a life-debt.'

[21] If ever I raised my hand against an orphan child with a strong hand, having taken courage, because a just man was dear to me, sitting in the gates, and he came near as a helper, who would soon judge crooked judgments on my account—

[22] Then may my sinews be torn loose from around my shoulder. May my arm fall entirely, even from the socket, in the dust, from the bones, with the collarbones being broken.

[23] For a grievous and horrible fate appeared to me, which God has sent upon insolent and overweening men; but I cannot endure it, since it was the uttermost.

[24] If ever I gave, trusting in wealth and many possessions, if I relied on beaten gold and refined gold, and said to it, 'You are my hope, and stay, and defense';

[25] If I rejoiced, and my heart was glad within my breast, because I was rich, and wealth flowed to me in abundance;

[26] If I have looked upon the great light of the shining sun, or the gleaming eye of the night-running moon;

[27] And a spirit led me astray in secret against my understanding, and my hand kissed my mouth, and I honored it as a god, as a star;

[28] These too are wicked deeds, and no longer tolerable to a judge, for thus would I have denied the high-ruling God.

[29] But if my heart was warmed at a man's destruction, as he greatly hated me, and I was stirred up at his being in misery; (For it is not a holy thing for a cowardly mortal to pray.

[30] Nor did my mouth, blind to harm, curse that soul-destroying man with many words, nor did it call down hateful Furies) But if my own household did not speak thus, 'Ah, would that seizing his flesh and rich fat we might have devoured it raw, since no satiety is made for us.'

Εἰ δ' οὐχ ἡμέτεροί περ ἐφέστιοι ὣς ἀγόρευον,

"Αἴθ' ἄρ' ἔ μάρψαντες σάρκας καὶ πίονα δημὸν

"Ὦμον βεβρώθοιμεν, ὅτ' οὐ κόρος ἄμμι τέτυκται.

[32] No stranger used to lodge in the open in the streets, but I opened my doors, that I might receive a wayfaring man.

[33] But if I covered over my transgressions like Adam, hiding my wickedness in my bosom,

[34] Did a great multitude of people truly terrify me? Or did the tribes of mortals wound my heart with reproaches, so that I sat silent in my house grieving, and did not go out the door, struck by dread terrible fear?

[35] O that someone would press a hearing ear to me! Behold, let God answer me face to face, and I would wish it — this has long been my desire: O that my adversary would write a truthful book!

[36] Carrying it on my shoulder I would bear it as a lovely burden, or I would set it like a crown upon my temples.

[37] I would declare to him all my steps, and I would count them; I would approach him as a prince.

[38] If my fertile field has reproached me with outrage — verily, and the much-groaning furrows of the land have ceased from their lord — as though I had violently seized another's plot of ground;

[39] If I ate the honey-sweet fruit of the field without paying, or, as one who sacrifices without smoke, gave not even a worthy price, and the Mestians' destruction — those who possessed it before —

[40] Let the earth bring forth thistles instead of wheat, and darnel instead of life-nourishing grain. Thus then, having spoken, Job ceased from his words.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 31.1 focus

PActum feci cum oculis meis

Verecundúſ q; que eſſe, nec unquam virginum-inſpectator:

Cur mihi ergò formoſa in animo curæ-eſſet puella?

Quæ enim cœlitus fors? aut quæ divinitùs-obtingens portio?

Aut quod advenit fatum Dei magni voluntate?

Aut quæ eſt hæreditas ab æthere deſuper veniens?

Nonne improbè-agentes ſuper homines grave exitium?

Nonne interitus inopinatus ſuper mala machinantes?

Nonne meas aſpexit vias Deus, operá q; que omnia,

Greſſúſ q; que bene animadvertit, & ſuo dinumeravit animo?

Si lubricam calcavi viam vanitatis miſerandæ,

Et ad malam fraudem rui proclivi animo

Velocibúſ q; que pedibus, pernicioſa conſilia agitans:

Bene me ponderet quis in lance juſta,

Unde & integritatem Deus ſciet, quæ mihi adeſt.

Quòd ſi greſſum meum diverti extra viam rectam,

Sí q; que poſt oculorum jactus meum cor ivit,

Siqua in me macula fuit, polluít q; que manus:

Tum ego ſeram, & alius fructum edat,

Radicitus deſpereat & nepos, quem procreavero.

Si unquam flexanimæ forma me decepit mulieris,

Si unquam amatoriis ſeductus ſum mente ſermonibus,

Si doloſas inſidias poſui ad fores vicini viri:

Tum mea uxor lectum dedecorans & cubile

Alteri molat, clàm amore mixta;

Alií q; que ulnis teneant meam complexi conjugem.

Certè enim improba facinora hæc erunt, qualia multa

Puniunt, utì fas eſt, judices, quí q; que leges

A Deo tuentur: quippe haud-ampliùs toleranda ſunt.

Quemadmodum autem cùm ignis ſplendidus in denſam incidit

ſylvam,

Quem & quoquo-verſùs convolvens ventus fert, frutices aut ẽ em

Radicitus cadunt, impulſi ignis impetu :

Sic & hæc iniquitas dudum mihi divitias vaſtâſſet,

Radicitúſ q; que meas opes miſerandum-in-modum conſumpſiſſet.

Si jus contempſi, & neglexi aliquando querelam

Famulíque, famulǽque, cùm mihi litem intentârunt :

At quid tum faciam, cùm Immortalis nobis ſurgat,

Judicét q; que inter nos qui omnino omnibus juris-conſultis imperat,

Qui omniúmque inſpector & obſervator peccatorum?

Quid primum, quid proximum, quid ultimum dicam?

Nonne qui me fecit in ventre, fecit & illum ?

Nonne par corpus ambobus idèm formavit artifex

Matre de terra couterinum, dé q; que pulvere ?

Quòd ſi unquam irritum erat pauperibus deſiderium,

Nihil dante me, mitis autem mihi miſericordia periit;

Si viduæ luctuoſæ, injurioſè-tractante me,

Corrupti ſunt oculi, lacrymíſque-oppletæ genæ :

Si & ſolus-comedi, & inhoſpitalis menſæ

Solitarius cibum edi, & orphanum non vocavi

Epulas ad noſtras, ut mihi conviva eſſet :

(Curam autem gerens utriuſque, viduǽque & orphani,

Hunc quidem ego à puero bene-nutrivi & educavi,

Valde-diligens tanquam meum filium exiſtentem;

Illi autem cuſtos eram, ex quo me genuit mater.)

Si pauperem frigore languentem ſenſi

Die illo, quando nix conſpergit arva,

Carentem pallio & ventos-arcente tunicâ,

Nec uſpiam ei panniculus fuit à vento tegumentum, ne q; que refugium

A frigore duro: is aut ẽ em mihi tremuit aſtans

Crepitans-ore, ſtridor autem per os fiebat dentium,

Pallidus præ frigore, quod & maximè miſerabile viſu :

Si talem vidi unquam hyberno-frigore-perire :

Potiùs verò non eum fovi mearum ſub velleribus ovium,

Is autem dormiit meæ tectus ovis floridâ-lanâ,

Lumbi aut ẽ em ejus calefacti ſunt; is autem precabatur manus attollens,

Salvæ, rex, quoni ã am tibi ſoli vitæ-conſervatæ-præmia debeo:

Si puerum orphanum validâ unquam manu oppreſſi,

Confiſus, quòd mihi amicus erat judex vir

Sedens in porta, is autem propè venit adjutor,

Qui uti q; que ſtatim mei gratiâ perverſa tulerit judicia :

Tum mihi circa humerum diffindantur nervi

Omnes, & ex oſſium-ſinu cadat in pulveres brachium

Extremum ab oſſe, compagibus ruptis.

Grave enim mihi & horrendum videbatur exitium

Quod Deus oppreſſoribus ſuperbis intulit,

Tolerare autem non potui, ſiquidem omnium-ſupremus eſt.

Si unquam fui divitiis fretus & opibus multis,

Si auro pretioſo & obryzo confiſus ſum,

Dixí q; que illi, Spes tu mihi es, & fulcrum, & præſidium :

Si lætatus ſum, & animus in pectoribus gaviſus eſt,

Propterea-quòd eram dives, aſſatím q; que mihi opes ſuppetebant:

Si lumen ſolis valdè fulgentis aſpexi,

Aut ſplendidæ noctivagum oculum lunæ;

Et mihi clanculum animum ſeduxit dæmon, (honoravi:

Manum verò meam os deoſculatum eſt, & velut deum aſtrum

Nefaria & hæc facinora, & non-ampliùs toleranda judici;

Sic enim abnegâſſem Deum altipotentem.

Si autem mihi cor lætatum eſt de homine pereunte,

Qui me valde odit, & contra eum in-ærumnis-verſantem elatus ſum:

(Non enim fas eſt miſero homini inſultare.

Nec futile os meum exitialia illi

Multa imprecabatur, odioſáſque invocabat Diras)

Si non noſtri vel domeſtici ſic dixerunt,

Utinam eum corripientes carnes & pinguem adipem

Crudum devoremus, quoniam ſatietas nobis non eſt.

Non in plateis peregrinos vidi ſub-dio-cubantes;

Sed aperui januas, ut itinerantem virum exciperem.

Si autem transgreſſiones meas velavi, veluti Adamus,

Intùs-latentes, malitiám q; que in pectore occultavi.

Nunquid me numeroſus populorum conſternavit cœtus?

Nunquid nationes hominum mihi opprobriis animum percelluerunt,

Adeò ut tacitus ſederem domi mœrens,

Nec prorepens forìs, timore percitus gravi?

Utinam quis mihi attentam aurem inclinaret,

Utinam reſpondens mihi Deus ex-adverſo diceret;

Hoc certè velim, hoc meum dudum eſt votum.

Utinam adverſarius ſcriberet veracem librum.

Illum autem ſuper-cervice gerens gratum onus

Incederem, aut in-modum-coronæ temporibus imponerem.

Omnes autem bene-diſcernens meos greſſus recenſerem,

Ei etiam propiùs accedens quaſi princeps occurrerem.

Injuriæ ſi incuſabat me ferax ager meus,

Criminabantúrque dominum queruli ſulci terræ,

Utpote alienum vi rapientem jugerum:

Si edi inempti dulcem fructum agri,

Velut ſine-fumo ſacrificans, neque dignum pretium dedi,

Machinatus iis interitum, quicunque antea poſſederunt:

Terra ferat tribulos, & non ſalubre triticum,

Próque frumento viros-nutriente lolium naſcatur.

Sic utique fatus à verbis deſtitit Jobus.

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ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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