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οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἄκουσον, Ἰὼβ, τὰ ῥήματά μου.

καὶ λαλιὰν ἐνωτίζου μου·

ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἤνοξα τὸ στόμα μου,

καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἡ γλῶσσά μου.

καθαρά μου ἡ καρδία ῥήμασιν,

σύνεσις δέ χειλέων μου καθαρὰ νοήσει.

πνεῦμα θεῖον τὸ ποιῆσάν με,

πνοὴ δὲ αντοκράτορος ἡ διδάσκουσά με.

ἐὸ δός μοι ἀπόκρισιν πρὸς ταῦτα·

ὑπόμεινον, στῆθι κατʼ ἐμέ καὶ ἐγὼ κατὰ σέ.

ἐκ πηλοῦ διήρτισαι σὺ ὡς καὶ ἐγώ·

ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διηρτίσμεθα.

οὐχ ὁ φόβος μού σε στροβήσει,

οὐδὲ ἡ χείρ μου βαρεῖα ἔσται ἐπὶ σοί.

χλὴν εἶπας ἐν ὠσίν μου,

φωνὴν ῥημάτων ἀκήκοα

διότι λέγεις Καθαρός εἰμι, οὐχ ἁμαρτών·

¹²

ἄμεμπτός εἰμι, οὐ γὰρ ἠνόμησα.

μέμψιν δὲ κατʼ ἐμοῦ εὖρεν,

ἥγηται δέ με ὥσπερ ὑπεναντίον·

ἔθετο δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ τὸν πόδα μου.

ἐφύλαξεν δέ μου πάσας τὰς ὁδούς.

πῶς γὰρ λέγεις Δίκαιός εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέν μου

αἰώνιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπάνω βροτῶν.

λέγεις δέ Διὰ τί τῆς δίκης μου οὐκ ἐπακήκοέν μου πᾶν ῥῆμα

ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἅπαξ λαλήσαι ὁ κύριος.

ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ·

ἐνύπνιον, ἤ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ.

ὡς ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸς φόβος ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους, ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων

ἐπὶ κοίτης·

τότε ἀνακαλύπτει νοῦν ἀνθρώπων,

ἐν εἴδεσιν φόβου τοιούτοις αὐτοὺς ἐξεφόβησεν.

ἀποστρέψαι ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ ἀδικίας·

τὸ δὲ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πτώματος ἐρρύσατο.

ἐφείσατο δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θανάτου,

καὶ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολεμῇ.

πάλιν δὲ ἤλεγξεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ μαλακίᾳ ἐπὶ κοίτης.

καὶ πλῆθος ὀστῶν αὐτοῦ ἐνάρκησεν·

πᾶν δὲ βρωτὸν σίτου οὐ μὴ δύνηται προσδέξασθαι,

καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ βρῶσιν ἐπιθυμήσει·

ἕως ἂν σαπῶσιν αὐτοῦ αἱ σάρκες, καὶ ἀποδείξῃ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ

κενά.

ἤγγισεν δὲ εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ,

ἥδε ἡ ςωὴ αὐταῦ ν ᾅδῃ·

⁴⁶

ἐὰν ὢσιν χίλιοι ἄγγελοι θανατηφόροι, εἶς αὐτῶν οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ

αὐτόν.

ἐὰν νοήσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπιστραφῆναι πρὸς Κύριρν,

ἀναγγείλῃ δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μέμψιν,

τὴν δὲ ἄνοιαν αὐτοῦ δείξῃ,

ἀνθέξεται τοῦ μὴ πεσεῖν εἰς θάνατον·

ἀνανεώσει δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα ὥσπερ ἀλοιφὴν ἐπὶ τοίχου,

τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐμπλήσει μυελοῦ·

ἁπαλυνεῖ δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰς σάρκας ὥσπερ νηπίου,

ἀποκαταστήσει δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνδρωθέντα ἐν ἀνθρώποις.

εὐξάμενος δὲ πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ δεκτὰ αὐτῷ ἔσται,

εἰσελεύσεται δὲ προσώπῳ ἱλαρῷ σὺν ἐξηγορίᾳ·

ἀποδώσει δὲ ἀνθρώποις δικαιοσύνην.

εἶτα τότε ἀπομέμψεται ἄνθρωπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ λέγων Οἶα

συνετέλουν;

καὶ οὐκ ἄξια ἤτασέν με ὧν ἥμαρτον.

σῶσον ψυχὴν μου τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰς διαφθοράν,

καὶ ἡ ζωή μου φῶς ὄψεται.

ἰδοὺ ταῦτα πάντα ἐργᾶται ὁ ἰσχυρὸς

ὁδοὺς τρεῖς μετὰ ἀνδρός·

ἀλλ’ ἐρὔσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου,

ἵνα ἡ ζωή μου ἐν φωτὶ αἰνῇ αὐτόν.

ἐνωτίζου, Ἰὼβ, καὶ ἄκουέ μου·

κώφευσον, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι λαλήσω.

⁷⁸

λάλησον, θέλω γὰρ δικαιωθῆναί σε.

⁹

εἰ μή, σὺ ἄκουσόν μου·

κώφευσον, καὶ διδάξω σε.

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).) — 33.1 focus

ΚἘκλυθι γοῦν μοι, Ἴωβε, καὶ ἀμὸν μῦθον ἄκουε,

Ὅ, τι κε νῦν εἴποιμι τεῷ ἐγκάτθεο θυμῷ.

Μάσακος ὤιγνυντο πύλαι, ἐκ δ' ἔσσυτο φωνὴ,

Γλῶσσά μοι ἀργαλέης ῥῆξε σφρηγῖδα σιωπῆς.

Φθέγξομαι ἰθυνοὺς κραδίης ὑποφήτορα μῦθον,

Χείλεά μοι πνυτὼ μάλ' ἀειφραδέως καταλέξει.

Καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ βροτός εἰμι, γένος δέ μοι ἔνθεν ὅθεν σοί·

Τῷ τε σὺ μὴ τάρβει, θνητὸς δέ τ' ἔγωγε τέτυγμαι,

Πνεύματι ἀθανάτου ἔργον, θεόπλαστον ἄγαλμα,

Οἷος καὶ σὺ πέλεις, ζωὴν δέ τε ἆσθμα Θεοῖο

Στάξε μοι ἐν ῥίνεσσι, καὶ ἐμφύσησεν ἀϋτμήν.

Εἰπέ μοι, εἰ δύνασαι, καί τοι φίλον ἔπλετο θυμῷ,

Ὄρσεο πέπον, καὶ ἀμείβου εὐκινέεσσι λόγοισιν.

Ὡς ἐθέλειν μ' ἔφης, τὸ δέ σοι πάλαι ἦεν ἐέλδωρ.

Εἴθ' ὄφελ' αὐτὸς Ἄναξ ἐπέων ὑποδύμεν' ἀγῶνα,

Σοί τ' ἔειδε προφέρεσθ' ἰδὲ ἐγὼ ἀντὶ Θεοῖο·

Μηδ' ἔμ' ὑποδδείσης, ἐπειὴ μία τ' ἄμμι γενέθλη,

Ὅς τ' ἄλλους ποίησεν, ὅδ' εὖ τεχνήσατο καὶ μέ.

Καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ κονίῃσι πεφυρμένον ἔργον ἐτύχθην,

Ὡς ἄλλοι βροτοί εἰσιν ἐπὶ χθονὶ σῖτον ἔδοντες,

Καί τέ μοι ἐκ πηλοῖο δέμας πεπλασμένον ἐστί.

Τῷ σ' ἐγὼ οὔ τι δεδίζομ' ἀγνωμοσύνῃσι πιθήσας,

Οὐδέ τοι ἐν φόβον ὄρσω ἀταρτηροῖς ἐπέεσιν,

Οὐδέ τοι, οὐ γὰρ ἔοικε, βαρείας χεῖρας ἐποίσω·

Θάρσει, μηδέ τι πάγχυ μετὰ φρεσὶ δείδιθι λίην.

Οὖας ἐμόν σοι ἔκλινα, σέθεν δ' εἰπόντος ἄκουσα,

Ἦ μάλ' ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλες· ὡς γὰρ ἔφησθα,

Ἦ μὲν ἐγὼ καθαρὸς, καὶ ἀμύμων, αἴσιμά τ' εἰδὼς,

Οὐ δέ γ' ἀλείτης εἴμ'· ἄτη δέ μοι οὐκ ἔνι πάμπαν,

Οὐδέ θ' ὑπερβασίη, ἐπεὶὴ νόος ἐστὶ θευδής.

Ῥεῖα Θεός γ' ἐθέλων καὶ ἀναίτιον ἄνδρα δαμάζοι,

Εὗρε δ' ἐπηρεσίῳ μομφῆς, ἵνα μ' αἰτιόῳτο,

Θῆκέ με δυσμενέος καὶ ἀναρσίου ἀνδρὸς ἐν αἴσῃ.

Ταρσὰ μὲν ἀστεμφέως ἐνὶ χοινίκεσσιν ἔπηξεν,

Ἴχνια πάντ' ἐνόησε, καὶ ἐφράσαθ' ὅππῃ βαίνω.

Ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δ' ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν·

Τοῦτ' οὐ καλὸν ἔειπες, ἀτασθάλῳ ἀνδρὶ ἔοικας·

Οὐδὲ κατ' αἶσαν ἔφησθα, Θεὸς γὰρ φέρτερος ἀνδρῶν,

Τόσσῳ καὶ μείζων ἀρετῇ, τιμῇ τε, βίῃ τε.

Τίφθ' οἱ ἐριζέμεναι ἐθέλεις; ἐπεὶ οὐδέ τι σε χρή.

Μὴ γὰρ πάντας, Ἴωβε, Θεοῦ ὑπέλεπεο μύθους·

Εἰδήσειν· χαλεποί τοι ἔσοντ' ἀγαθῷ περ ἐόντι.

Οὐ γὰρ ὅγ' ἀμφαδὰ θῆκεν ἑὰ μελεδήματα θυμῷ,

Οὐδέ τις ὄιω σάφα οἶδε, τεῦ εἵνεκα τοιάδ' ἔρεξεν·

Ἀθάνατος μὲν ἅπαξ, καὶ δεύτερον αὖθις ἔειπεν,

Ἀνὴρ δ' οὔπω ἔγνω ἐνὶ φρεσὶν, οὐδ' ἐνόησε,

Νήπιος, οὐδ' αὐτοῦ ξυνίει ὄπα φωνήσαντος.

Ἐν δ' ἄρα νυσταγμοῖς, καὶ φάσμασι, νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ,

Ὁππότε φῦλα βροτῶν μαλακῷ δεδμημένοι ὕπνῳ

Ἡδὺ μάλα κνώσσουσ' ἐν ὀνειρείῃσι πύλῃσιν·

Ἔνθά περ καὶ ἀνῶγε Θεὸς μερόπεσσι βροτοῖσι,

Καὶ μάλα πόλλ' ἐπέτελλε, καὶ ὡς σφρηγῖδι χάραξεν

Ἣν ὑποθημοσύνην, ἵνα μὴ ληθοίατ' ἐφελκέων.

Ὄφρ' ἀνδρὸς μεμαῶτος ἀπ' ἔργων θυμὸν ἐρύξῃ,

Καὶ δή μιν καταπαύσῃ ἀγλωσσίης ἀλεγεινῆς.

Ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόφρων οἱ ἐπήρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον,

Ζωήν τε ξίφεος, ψυχὴν ῥύετ' ἐξ ἀΐδαο.

Ἄλλοτε δ' αὖ κἀκῷ ἔδωκε Πατὴρ, ἕο πειρητίζων·

Ὡς ὁ μὲν ἐν λέκτρῳ κεῖται κρατέρ' ἄλγεα πάσχων,

Ὀξείης ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένος ὀστέα πάντα·

Ἀκμήνῳ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος, οὐδέ μιν ἄρτου

Σίτου τε γλυκεροῖο περὶ φρένας ἵμερος αἱρεῖ,

Ἐξ ὀλιγηπελίης, στυγέει δέ τε δαῖτα θάλειαν.

Σάρκες δ' οἱ φινύθουσιν ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσιν,

Αἳ πάρος ἐξώδησαν, ἀτὰρ νῦν οὐχ ὁρόωνται·

Ὀστέα δ' ἠράχθη, τὰ καὶ πάρος οὐκ ἐφάανθεν.

Ὡς ὃ συνεσταλὴς ὅτι, τάφον φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ὀϊστεῖς,

φῆ ῥ’ ἐς δινὴ ζωοῖσι μετέμμεναι, αὐτὰρ οἱ ἤδη

Ἄγχι παρέστηκεν θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή.

Εἰ δέ τις οἱ γε πάρεστι μετάγγελος, ἠὲ προφήτης,

Κῆρυξ εὐδικίης, ἐπιμάρτυρος εὐνομιάων,

”Εἷς ἀπὸ χιλιάδων, πολλῶν τ’ ἀντάξιος ἄλλων,

”Ὅστις ἐπίσταιτο ᾗσι φρεσὶν ἄρτια βάζειν,

”Ὅς κέν οἱ εὐσεβίης δείξῃ ὁδὸν, ὄφρα πίθῃσι·

Αὐτίκ’ ἔπειθ’ ἵλαος Ὀλύμπιος ἔσσεται αὐτῷ,

Καὶ φήσει μιν πότμον ἀδακέος ἐξαναλύσειν,

Οὕνεκα λύτρον ἔτετμε, καὶ ἀγλαὰ δέξατ’ ἄποινα.

Ὧς ὅγε λωφήσει τε κακοῦ, καὶ νοῦσον ἀλύξει,

Χρὼς δέ οἱ ἀκμηνὸς γελόων παλιναυξέϊ δημῷ,

Ὧς πρὶν, ἐπ’ ἀγλαΐῃσι γανύσσεται ἀμφὶ μέλεσσι.

Ἶξά τε καὶ σάρκες λιπαρώτεραι, ἢ ἀπαλοῖο

Παιδὸς, τὸν δ’ ἀπίταλλε πατὴρ θαλίῃ ἐνὶ πολλῇ.

”Ἄψ δ’ ἀναθηλήσει ἥβης χαριέστατον ἄνθος.

”Ὧς γάρ ἑ θεῖος Ἄναξ, ἐσθλῶν ἕνεχ’ ὅσσα ἔοργε,

”Γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσει νέον ἡβώοντα.

Ἀθάνατον λιτανεύσει, ὁ δ’ ἤπια δῶρα εἰδὼς

Εὐχωλῇσιν ἔης ἀειήκοον οὖας ἐρείσει·

Χάρμῃ γηθόσυνος θείῳ εἰσόψετ’ ὀπωπήν·

Ὧς ὁ μὲν ἧς ἀρετῆς Θεοῦ εὐνομίῃσιν ἐπαυρεῖ,

Ὅς τε δίκην τίεσκε, καὶ αἴσιμα ἔργ’ ἀνθρώπων

Εὐσεβέων, μή τις οἱ ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης.

Ἀνέρας ὀπιπεύει, τῶν δ’ εἴτις ἔειπεν, “Ἥμαρτον,

”Ἔκ τε δίκην ἔλασα, σκολιάς τ’ ἔκεινα θέμιστας,

”Οὐδέ τι μοι χραίσμησεν, ἀτὰρ καὶ μᾶλλον ἀάσθην·

Ῥύσεται ἣν ψυχήν, ἣ δ’ ἐκ ἀΐδόσδε βέβηκεν,

Ἀλλ’ ὅγ’ ἔτι ζώει, καὶ ὁρᾷ φάος ἠελίοιο.

Πολλάκι τοι τάδε πάντα Θεὸς βροτὸν ἄνδρα ἔοργε·

Φάρμακα πολλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ μεμιγμένα, πολλὰ δὲ λυγρά

Αὐτὸς ἔχει, τοῖσίν τε βροτῶν φρένας ἐξακέσοιτο.

Ὄφρ’ ἀνέρος ψυχὴν πάλιν ἐλθεῖν, ἠδὲ λεῖσαν

Δοίη, καὶ παλίνορσον ἀπὸ στυγεροῦ ἀΐδαο

Ἐξαγάγοι προφόωσδε, ὃ δ’ ἠελίου ἴδοι αὐγὰς

Τυμβόθεν ἐξαναβάς, καὶ ἔτι ζωοῖσι μετείη.

Τούνεκά τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δ’ σύνθεο, καί μευ ἄκουον,

Σιγῇ ἀτρέμας ἧσο, τεῒν δ’ ἐγὼ ἄρτια λέξω.

”Εἰ δέ τι σοι ἔπος ἐστίν, ἀμείβεο, μηδ’ ἐπικεύσῃς,

”Αὔδα ὅ, τι φρονέεις, ἐθέλω δ’ συνήγορος εἶ.

Σῆς τε δικαιοσύνης ἐπιμάρτυρα μῦθον ἐνισπεῖν.

Εἰ δέ τι οὐ πάρεα μῦθος, ἐμῆς ἐπίκλυθι φωνῆς,

Σιγῇ νῦν ξυνίει, καὶ ἐγὼ πνυτώ σε διδάξω.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 33 focus

However, Job, Please hear my speech, And listen to all my words.

See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.

Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumbering on the bed;

Then he opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.

He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

He is chastened also with pain on his bed, With continual strife in his bones;

So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen; His bones that were not seen stick out.

Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

If there is beside him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man what is right for him;

Then God is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returns to the days of his youth.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: He restores to man his righteousness.

He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn’t profit me.

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.

Behold, God works all these things, Twice, yes three times, with a man,

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Mark well, Job, and listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will speak.

If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.

If not, listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 33.1 focus

[1] Do listen to me, then, Job, and hear my speech; whatever I may now say, lay it up in your heart.

[2] The gates of my mouth were opened, and a voice rushed out; my tongue broke the seal of grievous silence.

[3] I will utter a speech that makes straight, an interpreter of my heart; my lips will recount them very plainly and with constant fitness.

[4] For I too am a mortal, and my lineage is from the same source as yours; Therefore do not you fear; I too am mortal, a work of the immortal Spirit, a god-fashioned image, such as you also are; and the breath of God he dripped into my nostrils, and breathed in a blast.

[5] Tell me, if you can, and if it is dear to your heart, rouse yourself, good sir, and answer with ready words.

[6] As you said that I wished, and that had long been your desire. Would that the Lord himself might enter the contest of words, and that he might deign to bring it before you, and I in God's stead— And do not be afraid of me, since we are one kindred, he who made the others, this one fashioned me well too. For I too was made a work kneaded in dust, as other mortals are upon the earth eating bread, and my body is molded out of clay.

[7] Therefore I do not question you at all, trusting in my ignorance, nor will I stir you into fear with harsh words, nor — for it is not fitting — will I bring heavy hands upon you. Take courage, and do not be exceedingly afraid in your heart at all.

[8] I inclined my ear to you, and hearing you speak, truly you have uttered a very arrogant word. For as you said, 'Truly I am clean and blameless, and knowing what is fitting, and I am no transgressor.'

[9] But there is no ruin in me at all, nor any transgression, since my mind is guileless.

[10] God could easily, if he wished, subdue even an innocent man, and he has found occasion for reproach, so that he might accuse me; he has placed me in the fate of a hostile and wicked man.

[11] He firmly fixed the soles in measured spans; he marked all my footprints and considered where I walk.

[12] And I will tell you another thing, but do you lay it up in your heart: This you have not spoken well; you resemble a reckless man. Nor have you spoken according to what is right, for God is mightier than men, by so much also greater in virtue, in honor, and in strength.

[13] Why do you wish to contend with him? since there is no need at all for you to do so. For do not, Job, suppose all the words of God— that you will know; they will be hard for you, though you are good. For he did not make his cares plain in his heart, nor does anyone clearly know, as I think, for what reason he did such things;

[14] The Immortal spoke once, and a second time again, but a man has not yet understood in his mind, nor perceived—a fool—nor did he comprehend the voice of him who spoke.

[15] In drowsings, and in visions, in the dead of night, when the tribes of mortals, subdued by soft sleep, slumber very sweetly at the dreamy gates—

[16] There indeed God also instructs mortal men, and very many things he enjoined, and as with a seal he engraved his instruction, so that they might not forget his counsels.

[17] So that he may restrain a man's spirit from his deeds, when he is eager, and may put a stop to him from grievous speechlessness.

[18] At another time, of his own ready will, he warded off wretched destruction from him, and from the sword he rescued his life, his soul from Hades.

[19] And at another time again the Father gave him over to evil, testing him. So he lies on his bed suffering grievous pains, pierced through all his bones with sharp agonies.

[20] His appetite for drink and food is gone, and no desire for bread and sweet grain seizes his mind, because of his wasting away, and he loathes rich feasting.

[21] But his flesh wastes away in his bending limbs, which formerly were swollen, but now are not seen; And his bones were dashed, which even before were not seen.

[22] So he, being brought low, because you shoot at a grave with your own mind, said that he was among the living; but already death and mighty fate stand near him.

[23] If indeed there is present with him a messenger, or a prophet, a herald of justice, a witness of good laws, one out of a thousand, and worth as much as many others, who knows in his mind how to speak fitting things, who would show him the path of piety, so that he may be persuaded—

[24] Immediately then the Olympian will be gracious to him, and he will say that he will release him from a fate without grief, because he has found a ransom, and has accepted glorious recompense.

[25] Thus he will find relief from evil, and escape disease; his skin, fresh and smiling with renewed fat, will rejoice in its limbs with splendor, as before. His sinews and flesh will be more plump than a tender child's, whom his father cherished in great festivity. And again he will bloom forth the most graceful flower of youth. For thus the divine Lord, on account of all the good deeds he has done, will scrape away old age and make him young and in his prime.

[26] He will entreat the Immortal One, and he, knowing gentle gifts, will strike the ever-hearing ear of his prayer; rejoicing in the divine joy he will look upon his countenance; Thus he indeed partakes of his own virtue through the good laws of God, he who used to honor justice, and the fitting deeds of pious men, lest anyone being defrauded go away of his equal share.

[27] He watches men, and if any of them has said, "I have sinned, and I have perverted what is right, and it did not profit me, but rather I was harmed more" —

[28] He will rescue his soul, which has gone away from Hades, but he still lives and sees the light of the sun.

[29] Often indeed God has done all these things for a mortal man; He himself has many good drugs mixed together, and many baneful ones, and with them he might heal the minds of mortals.

[30] So that he might bring back a man's soul again, and give it release, and lead it back up into the light from hateful Hades, and it might rise from the tomb and see the rays of the sun, and still be among the living.

[31] Therefore I will speak to you, and do you give heed, and listen to me; sit in silence quietly, and I will tell you what is fitting.

[32] But if you have any word, answer me, and do not conceal it; speak out whatever you think, and I am willing to be your advocate. To utter a word as witness of your righteousness.

[33] But if not, you are present in word, listen to my voice; now understand in silence, and I will teach you wisdom.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 33.1 focus

AUdi ergò me, Jobe, & noſtro ſermoni auſculta,

Quod nunc dixero, tuo repone animo.

Oris apertæ ſunt januæ, erupit autem vox,

Lingua mea moleſti rupit ſigillum ſilentii.

Edam recti cordis integrum ſermonem,

Labia mea prudentiam valde diſertè enarrabunt.

Nam & ego homo ſum, genus autem mihi indè, unde tibi:

Idcirco tu ne metue, mortalis quo q; que ego factus ſum,

Spiritûs immortalis opus, à-Deo-formatum monumentum,

Qualis etiam tu es, vitam verò ſpiritus Dei

Stillavit mihi in nares, & inſpiravit halitum.

Dic mihi ſi potes, & tibi lubitum eſt animo,

Surge, & mihi reſponde diſtinctis ſermonibus.

Sic velle te dix'ti, hoc autem tibi dudum erat deſiderium;¹

Utinam ipſe Dominus verborum ſubiret certamen,

Tibí q; que litem intentaret: ecce ego vice Dei:

Ne q; que (verò) me metuas, quandoquidem una nobis origo eſt,

Quí q; que alios fecit, is bene fabricavit & me.

Etenim & ego pulvere maceratum opus ſum,

Sicut alii mortales ſunt in terra pane veſcentes,

Etiam & mihi ex luto corpus fictum eſt,

Quocirca te ego non terrefaciam inſolentiâ fretus,

Nec tibi timorem incutiam aſperis verbis,

Nec tibi (non enim decet) graves manus inferam:

Confide, ne q; que prorſus in mente timeas valde.

Aurem meam tibi inclinavi, té q; que loquentem audii;

Certè valde arrogans verbum jactâſti; ità enim dix'ti,

Certè quidem ego purus, & integer, rectá q; que ſciens,

Ne q; que improbus ſum, noxa autem mihi non ineſt omnino,

Nê q; que transgreſſio, quandoquidem mens eſt pia.

Facilè Deus volens vel inſontem virum peſſundet;

Invenit autem prætextum reprehenſionis, ut me criminetur;

Poſuit me inimici & infenſi hominis in loco.

Pedes meos tutò in cippo fixit,

Greſſus omnes obſervat, & animadvertit, quocun q; que vado.

Aliud verò tibi dicam, tu autem in animo perpende tuo;

Hoc non bene dixiſti; improbo viro ſimilis-es,

Ne q; que rectè locutus-es, Deus enim præſtantior hominibus,

Cujus & major virtus, honórque, potentiáque.

Quáre cum eo contendere vis? quandoquidem neque te oportet:

Nè enim omnia, Jobe, Dei ſperato conſilia

Te ſciturum: difficilia tibi erunt, bonus licèt ſis.

Non enim hic in propatulo poſuit ſui cogitationes animi

Nec quis ergo novit, quamobrem talia fecit.

Immortalis quidem ſemel, & iterum deinde locutus eſt,

Homo autem nec dum novit in animo nec ſenſit,

Inſipiens, nec ipſius percepit vocem loquentis.

In dormitationibus verò & viſionibus, nocte mediâ,

Quando gentes hominum molli obrutæ ſomno

Valde ſuaviter dormiunt in ſomniorum portis;

Tum aures aperuit Deus hominibus mortalibus,

Et admodum multa mandavit, & veluti ſigillo ſignavit

Suum monitum, ut nè obliviſcerentur præcepta.

Ut viri propenſi ab incepto animum inhibeat,

Et eum deſiſtere faciat à ſuperbia gravi.

Interdum quid ẽ em benevolus ab eo propulſat ſævum exitium,

Vitám q; que à gladio, animam liberat ab inferno.

Interdum autem viciſſim mala dat Pater, eum tentans:

Ità hic in lecto jacet graves dolores patiens,

Acutis doloribus transfixus oſſa omnia.

Jejunus potûs & cibi, neque eum panis

Cibíque dulcis circa mentem appetitus tener,

Præ languore abhorrét q; que ab epulis lautis.

Carnes ei contabeſcunt in flexilibus membris,

Quæ priùs turgebant, at nunc non videntur;

Oſſa autem prominent, quæ antea non apparebant.

Ità hic capularis eſt, ſepulcrum animo ſuo præſagiens,

Putat non diu vivis intereſſe, ſed ei jam

Propè imminet mors & et fatum violentum,

Quòd ſi quis ei adeſt internuncius, aut interpres,

Præco juſtitiæ, teſtis æquitatis,

Unus è millibus, multorúm q; que inſtar aliorum,

Qui noverit animo ſuo ſana loqui,

Qui ei pietatis monſtret viam, ut obtemperet :

Statim deinde propitius Cœlicola erit illi,

Et dicet ſe ill ũ um ab interitu acerbo liberaturum,

Quoniam lytrum invenit, & et ſplendidum accepit redemptionis pretium.

Ità hic reſpirabit à malo, & et morbum fugiet,

Caro autem ei florida renidens recreſcente adipe,

Sicut priùs præ ſplendore nitebit circa membra,

Membrá q; que & et carnes nitidiores, quàm teneri

Pueri, quem educavit pater lautitia in multa.

Denuó q; que regerminabit juventutis gratiſſimus flos.

Sic enim eum divinus Rex, bonorum ergô quæ fecit,

Senectutem abradens faciet juvenem pubeſcentem.

Immortalem orabit, is autem lenia conſilia ſciens

Precibus ejus proclivem aurem arriget.

Gaudio hilaris divinam intuebitur faciem.

Ità hic quidem ex ſua virtute Dei æquitate fructum-capit,

Qui jus colit & et honeſta opera hominum

Piorum, nequis ſuâ fraudatus abiret portione.

Viros contemplatur, eorum verò ſiquis dicat, Peccavi

Judiciúm q; que perverti, & et iniquo-jure judicavi cauſas,

Nec quicquam mihi profuit , verùm etiam magìs læſus ſum;

Liberabit ejus animam, ea autem non ad-inferos deſcendit,

At ille adhuc vivit, & et videt lucem ſolis.

Sæpe hæc omnia Deus mortali viro fecit.

Pharmaca plurima quidem bona mixta, multa autem triſtia

Ipſe habet, quibus mortalium mentes ſanet.

Ut viri animam revocabilem, & et reparabilem

Det, & et reducem ab inviſo inferno

Educat in-lucem, is autem ſolis videat jubar

E-tumulo reſurgens, & et adhuc vivis interſit.

Ideo tibi dicam, tu autem animadverte, & et me audi,

Silentio quietus ſede, tibi autem ego ſana dicam.

Sin verò aliquod tibi verbum fit, reſponde, nec celes,

Eloquere quod ſentis, volo autem patronus eſſe,

Tuæ'que juſtitiæ teſtem ſermonem proferre.

Quòd ſi tibi non ſuppetit ſermo, meæ auſculta voci;

Tacitè nunc attende, & et ego prudentiam te docebo.

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1. U+05D0AC

2. 17 evan in C 18 γαρ 2⁰] δε A 19 η δε γαστηρ και η γ. A | ζεων] γεμων A | δεδεμενος] δεμενος U+05D0* (δεδ. U+05D0c.a) | φυσητης U+05D0*(-τηρ U+05D0c.a) | ερρηγως] om U+05D0* δεδεμενος και κατερρηγως A 20 τα χειλη] τα σα χ. U+05D0* (σα improb postea ras U+05D0?) +αποκριθω U+05D0c.a + μου A 22 επι- στασαι U+05D0* (- μαι U+05D0c.c) | προσωπον U+05D0A XΧΧΙΙΙ 1 λαλιαν] pr την U+05D0c.aA | om μου 2⁰ A 2 ηνοιξα] pr ο U+05D0* (om U+05D0¹⁽ᵛⁱᵈ)c.a) | μου 1⁰] σου U+05D0* (μου U+05D0¹) post μου 1 lit (ς ut vid) ras U+05D0? 3 ρημασιν] pr εν A | συνεσεις A | om μου 2⁰ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) | καθαρα νοησει] καθαραν θησι A 5 δυνη] δυνηθης A | προς ταυτα c seq coniung C | στηθι] και στηθει συ A | και εγω) καγω U+05D0C 6 πηλου] + αρ U+05D0* +γαρ U+05D0¹ (om γαρ U+05D0?) | om συ U+05D0 | και εγω] καγω C] | διηρτισμεθα] + πηλου U+05D0c.a (postea ras) A pr πηλου (π. διηρτισμεθα rescr) Cᵃ 7 ουχ] ουχι A | μου 1⁰] σου A* (μ. Aᵃ?) | στροβησει τε A 8 φωνην] + δε U+05D0c.aA ρηματων] + σου U+05D0A 9 ουχ] in ο attig aliq ut vid U+05D0? (postea restit ο) | αμαρτων]? ημαρτον τοις εργοις A

3. B

4. U+05D0ΑC

4. 9 αμεμπτος] +γαρ U+05D0*C δε U+05D0c.a⁽ᵛⁱᵈ⁾A 10 ευρον U+05D0* (-ρεν U+05D0c.a) | ηγηται ⁴ ε] και ηγ. A | υπεναντιον] επεναντιον C 11 εν ξυλω τον ποδα μου] τον ποδα μου εν κυκλωματι A μου τον ποδα εν ξ. C | εφυλαξεν δε] και εφυ- αξεν A | μου πασας τας οδους] τας οδ. μ. πασας C 12 αιωνος C* (αιωνιος Cᵃ) | εστιν] pr ο U+05D0* (improb ο U+05D01(ᵛⁱᵈ) postea ras) 13 δε] γαρ A | om δια τι C | δικης] δικαιοσυνης U+05D0c.aAC | om μου 2⁰ U+05D0AC | παν ρημα] εν παντι ρη- ιατι A 15 η] ως φασμα A* (ras A?) | ως] pr η C | φοβος δεινος A υσταγματων] σταγματων C 16 ειδεσι C | αυτους εξεφοβησεν ΒU+05D0c.a ] αυ- ρυς εξεφοβησαν Bᵃᵇ αυτου εξεφοβησαν U+05D0* εξεφοβησεν αυτους A 17 απο ιδικιας] εξ αδ. αυτου A εξ αδ. C | απο 2⁰] απ A? | πτωματος] pr αδικιας A ερυσατο U+05D0C 18 εφεισατο δε] και εφ. A | και] του U+05D0c.aA 19 επι 1⁰] εν U+05D0C om A | οστεων AC 20 βρωτον] βροτον C επιθυμει C 21 κενα] καινα U+05D0 22 ηγγισεν] εγγιση A | η ψυχη αυτου εις θανατον A αυτου η ψ. θ. C | ηδε η] ηδε] BᵇU+05D0AC | αδη] pr? τω A

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7. U+05D0AC

8. 23 ουτων] pr εξ A | τρωσει C*ᵛⁱᵈ (-ση Cᵃ) | την καρδια B* (τη κ. Bᵃᵇ) προς] επι BᵃᵇU+05D0AC | Κυριον] pr τον A | την δε] και την A | ανοιαν] ανομιαν U+05D0c.a (postea revoc ανοιαν) C | δειξει 24 ανθεξεται] + αυτου A | πεσειν] +αυτον U+05D0c.a (postea ras) AC | τα δε οστα] και τα οστα A 25 αποκατα- στησει δε] και αποκαταστ. A | ανθρωποις] in ανθρ. ras aliq B1fort 26 ευξα- μενος δε| ευξαμενος U+05D0* ευξαμενου δε αυτου U+05D0c.a (postea restit -νος) ευξετε A και δεκτα αντω εσται] εισακουσεται αυτου U+05D0 δεκτα αυτω εσται U+05D0c.a | ιλαρω καθαρω U+05D0c.a (postea restit ιλ.) AC | αποδωσει] απο U+05D0* (αποδωσι U+05D0c.a) | αν- θρωποις] ανω A | δικαιοσυνην] την δ. αυτου A 27 απομεμψεται] απο- πεμψεται A | συνετελουμην A | ητασεν] ητοιμασεν U+05D0* (ητασεν U+05D0c.a) 28 ψυ- χην] pr την A | om μου 1⁰ U+05D0* (hab U+05D01(vid)c.c) | ελθειν] εξελθειν A | η ζωη] η δ ζωη (sic) U+05D0* (om δ U+05D0¹) η ψυχη U+05D0c.a (postea revoc η ς.) ζωη A 29 om παντα C 30 αλλ] και A | ερρυσατο AC | ζωη] ψυχη U+05D0c.a (postea restit ς.) A 31 ενωτιζου] pr υπολαβων δε δλιους λεγειl ακουσατε μου σοφοι επισταμενοι ενωτιζεσθαι το καλονl οτι ειρηκεν Ιὼβ· ιδου ταυτα πᾶ]τα εργαται ο ισχυρος·| οδους τρις μετα ανδρος του επιστρεψαι ψυχην αυτου εκ διαφθοραςl του φωτισαι αυτω εν φωτι ζωντῶ A | ενωτιζου] προσεχε A | ακουε] ακουσον A | και εγω ειμι] ινα A

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ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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