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Ὑκπολαβὰν δὲ Ἐλιοῦς λέγει

Τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσεις

σύ τἰς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας Δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι Κυρίου

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ἐγὼ σοὶ δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν φίλοις σου.

ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἵδε,

κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ.

εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις

εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;

ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δίκαιος εἶ, τί δώσεις αὐτῷ,

ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήμψεταις

ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου,

καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου.

ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται,

βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν.

καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με,

ὁ κατατάσσαων φυλακὰς υυκτερινάς,

ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς, ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν

οὐρανοῦ;

ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ,

καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν.

ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ὁ κύριος ἰδεῖναὐτὸς

γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄρατής ἐστιν

τῶν συντελούντων

τὰ ἄνομα, καὶ σώσει με.

κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, εἰ δύνασαι αἰνέσαι αὐτὸν ὡς ἔστιν.

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καὶ νῦν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος ὄργὴν αὐτοῦ¶

καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παράπτωμά τι

καὶ Ἰὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ,

ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει.

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).) — 35.1 focus

ˮὩΣ ἔφαθ'· οἱ δ' ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἔσαν, οὐδέ τις ἔτλη

Ὑσβάλλειν, χαλεπὸν γὰρ ἐπισταμένους ἄρ' ἐόντας·

Σιγῇ τοίγ' ἔχοντο, πάλιν δ' ὅγε μῦθον ἔνισπεν·

ˮὮ πόποι, ἦ ῥ' ἀγαθός περ ἐὼν ὑπέροπλον ἔειπες;

Καὶ μάλ' ὑπερφίαλον ἔπος ἔκβαλες, ὡς ἀγορεύων,

ˮἮ μὲν ἔγωγε δικαιότερος Θεοῦ εὔχομαι εἶναι·

ˮἮ δίεις, ὅτι τοῦτο ἔπος κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες;

ˮἈλλ' ἔτω κᾂν ἔφησθα, Τί γὰρ μέγα ἔσσετ' ὄνειαρ,

Ἦ τί νύ μοι ὄφελος κεκαθαρμένῳ ἀμπλακιάων;

Ἠὲ τί μοι κεῖται, ἐπεὶ μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός;

Τούνεκ' ἀμειβόμενος χάσω νημερτέα φωνὴν,

Ἄντικρυ δ’ ἐρέω ἅμα σοὶ καὶ σοῖς ἑτάροισιν.

Χρὴ μὲν γὰρ τὸν μῦθον ἀπηλεγέως ἀποειπεῖν,

Ἧ, ἄρ δὴ φρονέω τε, καὶ ὡς τελέεσθαι ὀΐω.

Οὐρανὸν εἰσανιδών, ὃ μετήορος ὑψόθι γαίης

Πέπταται ἀστερόεις, νεφέλας τ’ φράζεο θυμῷ,

Αἵ σέο πολλὸν ὕπερθε φορεύμεναι ἠερέθονται·

Τάων ἓν ὕψος ἐστὶ Θεοῦ ἕδος ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί,

Τόσσον ὕπερθε πέλει, ὅσσον ὐρανός ἐστ’ ἀπὸ γαίης.

Καδ δ’ αὐτῷ τί πω ἔρξας ἀμήχανον, ὅππόθ’ ἁμάρτῃς

Ἠὲ τί μιν πολλῇσιν ὑπερβασίῃσιν ἔοργας;

Ἦ τί καὶ αὐτός, Ἴωβε, τεῆς κακότητος ἐπαυρεῖς;

Ἀλλὰ καὶ εἴ τί σύ γ’ αὖτε διδῷς, τί ἑοῖσι δίκαιος;

Ἠὲ τί οἱ ὄφελος; τί δ’ ὅγ’ ἔλλαβε σῆς ἀπὸ χειρός;

Τὸν δ’ ἀγαθός τε κακός τ’ οὐ σίνειαι ἠδ’ ὀνίνησι.

Σεῖο γ’ ἀτασθαλίη τάχα ἵψεται υἷας Ἀδάμου,

Οἷος καὶ σύ περ ἔσσι, κακόν τ’ ἄνδρεσσι φυτεύσεις·

Σεῖό κεν εὐνομίη χραίσμῃ μερόπεσσι βροτοῖσιν,

Ἦ ἔπει, ἠὲ ἔργῳ χάριν ἀνθρώποισι φέρουσα.

Πολλοὶ ὑπερφίαλοι καὶ ἀτάσθαλοι ἄνδρες ἔασιν,

Οἳ δ’ ὕβρει εἴξαντες, ἐπιστάμενοι μνύει σφῶν

Τείρουσι πτωχὸν ῥηξιλωρείῃ τε βίῃ τε,

Τῶν ἦ βιαζομένων στοναχὴ ἀλίαστος ὄρωρε,

Καὶ ῥυσταζόμενοι· ἔτι δ’ ὑβρίζοντος βραχίων

Μαίνεται ὀβριμοεργός, ὃς Θεὸν οὐκ ὀπιπεύει.

Οὐδέ τις ἐν τοῖσδεσσι διέρχεται, οὐδὲ μεταλλᾷ,

Εἰπών, Πῆ Θεός ἐσθ’ ὅς μ’ ἔπλασεν οὐδὲν ἐόντα,

Ἠδ’ ἔκαμεν τάχ’ ὧν, τῷ γὰρ πόνος εἰμὶ καὶ ἔργον,

Ὅς τ’ ἀβρεχτέῳ ἀνὰ νύκτα διδοῖ ἡδεῖαν ἀοιδήν·

Ὅς φρένιν ἀνθρώποις δίδαεν, καὶ μήδεα πυκνά,

Ζώων τ’ ἄμμιν ἔδωκε πλέει φρένας ἔμμεναι ἄλλων,

Θηρῶν τ’ ἀγρονόμων, καὶ ὑπερανίων πετεινῶν;

Ἔνθα δ’ ἄμ’ οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν

Ὕβριος ὀλλυμένης, καὶ ὑπερφιάλων ἕνεκ’ ἄτης,

Διὸ δ’ ἀκέων Θεὸς ἧστο, καὶ ἐκ ἀΐοντι ἐοικώς.

Οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐράνιος προφρονέων ἐὸν ὄαρ ἐρείδει

Μαψιδίοις ἐπέεσσι Πατήρ, ματίῃ τ’ ἀλεγεινῇ·

Οὐδέ ποτ’ Ἀθάνατος κενεόφρονος ἔκλυεν αὐδῆς,

Ἀνέρος ὅτ’ ἀλέγιζεν, ὅς τις τ’ ἀνεμώλια βάζοι.

Εἰ καὶ ἔφης, Οὔπω μιν ἐγὼ δυνάμ’ ἄντα ἰδέσθαι·

Ῥεῖα δ’ ἀείγνωτος πέλεται Θεὸς ὃς ἐνὶ ἔργοις,

Ἴχνια παμφανόωντα, ἀείζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί.

Πὰρ δέ οἱ ἐστὶ δίκη, πὰρ δ' κρίσις, ἠδὲ θέμιστες·

Τῷ τε σὺ θαρσήσας μάλα πείθεο, καί σ' ἐπίστρεφον·

Νῦν δ' ἐπεὶ οὐχ ἕτω πίσυνος Θεῷ ἐστιν Ἴωβος,

Ὅς μιν ὀδυσταλέῳ χαλεπῷ οἱ ἔθηκεν ὀϊζυῷ·

Ἀλλ' ὅγ' ἀνὴρ ἄχεϊ μεγάλῳ βεβολημένος ἦτορ

Οὐκ οἶδ', οὐδ' ἐνόησε τί οἱ τόσον δῖτον ὀφέλλει,

Σχέτλιος, ὅν τε κατ' αἶσαν ἔχει ἰότητι Θεοῖο.

Τούνεκα λαβραγόρης τε ἀμετροεπής τε Ἴωβος,

Τοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης μάλα τηϋσίη ῥέεν αὐδή·

Πολλὰ μὲν ἐκπάγλως, ἀτὰρ οὐ πεπνυμένα βάζει.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 35 focus

Moreover Elihu answered,

Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, My righteousness is more than God’s.

That you ask, What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

I will answer you, And your companions with you.

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; And your righteousness may profit a son of man.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

But none says, Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?

There they cry, but none gives answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, Neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, And he multiplies words without knowledge.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 35.1 focus

[1] Thus he spoke; And they all then were silent, nor did anyone dare to answer, for they knew well that they were harsh; In silence they held themselves, and again he spoke a word;

[2] Alas, did you, being good though you are, speak outrageously? And you uttered a very arrogant word, as you declared, 'I for my part claim to be more righteous than God'; Do you think that you spoke this word according to what is right?

[3] But let it be so, even if you said it: For what great benefit will there be, or what profit is there now for me, cleansed of my transgressions? Or what does it avail me, since I have learned to be good?

[4] Therefore, answering, I will pour forth a truthful voice, and I will speak plainly both to you and to your companions. For one must speak out the word bluntly, both what I truly think and how I expect it to be accomplished.

[5] Look up at the sky, which, high aloft above the earth, is spread out starry; and consider in your heart the clouds, which are borne far above you and hover in the air. Of these there is one height; God's seat is forever secure; it is as far above as the sky is from the earth.

[6] And what have you done to him that is beyond remedy, when you sin? Or in what many transgressions have you done it to him? Or do you too, Job, yourself reap the fruit of your wickedness?

[7] But even if you yourself give something in turn, what are you to your own people, O righteous one? Or what profit is there for him? Or what has he received from your hand? Him neither the good man nor the bad man harms or benefits.

[8] Your wickedness will soon reach the sons of Adam, such as you yourself are, and you will plant evil for men; Your good order would avail mortal men, whether by word or by deed, bringing favor to humans.

[9] Many arrogant and reckless men there are, who, yielding to violence, knowingly oppress the poor with their oath-breaking and force; from those being violated an unceasing groaning has arisen, and they are dragged off. And still, while he acts violently, his mighty-working arm rages, which does not regard God.

[10] Nor does anyone pass through these things, nor inquire, saying, 'Where is God who made me, who am nothing, and who appointed me, when I am to him toil and work, who gives a sweet song in the rainless night?'

[11] Who teaches understanding to men, and manifold counsels, and gave to us to be more in mind than the beasts of the field and the birds of the air?

[12] There both wailing and prayer of men arose together, while hubris was being destroyed, and on account of overweening ruin; but God sat silent, and like one who hears.

[13] For neither does the heavenly Father, being kindly disposed, fix his mind on vain words, and on empty grief; Nor did the Immortal ever hear the voice of an empty-minded man, when he regarded a man who might babble windy things.

[14] Even if you said, 'I cannot yet see him face to face'; Easily and ever-knowingly does God prove himself, who is in his works, whose footprints are all-shining, and his beams are ever-jealous. Beside him is justice, beside him is judgment, and also ordinances. Therefore do you, taking courage, obey him greatly, and turn yourself back.

[15] But now, since Job is not thus trusting in God, who has made him wretched, harsh, and miserable. But that man, struck in his heart with great grief, did not know, nor did he understand what such a feast profits him, the wretch, which he holds according to fate by the will of God.

[16] Therefore Job is a babbler and a man of measureless speech, from whose tongue indeed a most reckless utterance flowed. He speaks many things exceedingly, but not with understanding.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 35.1 focus

SIc dixit; illi aut ẽ em omnes muti erant,nec quis auſus eſt eum

Interpellare; difficile enim videbatur,ſcientes quantumvis (fuerint:

Taciturni illi ſedebant,rurſus .a. autem hic ſermon ẽ em dixit;

Proh malum! bonus certè quanquam ſis,ſuperbè locutus es,

Et valde inſolens verbum effutiiſti, ſic dicens,

Sanè ego juſtiorem Deo me profiteor eſſe.

Num putas, quòd hoc dictum rectè dixiſti ?

Verùm ſic etiam locutus es, Quod n. enim magnum erit emolu mentum,

Vel quæ mihi utilitas purgato à peccatis?

Aut quid mihi ampliùs-ſupereſt, poſtquam didici eſſe bonus?

Idcirco reſpondens fundam veram vocem,

Palám q; que edicam pariter tibi & tuis ſociis.

Oportet enim reſponſum liberè-&-apertè dare

Quemadmodum nunc ſentio, & ut fieri puto.

Cœlum ſuſpicias , quod ſublime ſupra terram

Expanditur ſtellatum, nubéſ q; que conſidera animo,

Quæ longè ſuprà te evectæ ſuſpenduntur :

Illis ſupereminet Dei ſedes firma ſemper,

Tantùm ſuprà polum, quantùm cœlum diſtat à terra.

Contra eum .a. quid feciſti incommod ũ um, quando peccaveris?

Aut quid in eum multis transgreſſionibus commiſiſti?

Aut quânam-in-re is, Jobe, tuam malitiam luit?

Sed & ei quid tu rurſum das, ſi es juſtus? (tua?

Aut quodnam ei emolumentum? quid autem is capit manu de

Ei autem bonúſ q; que malúſ q; que nec nocet nec prodeſt.

Tua uti q; que iniquitas citò lædet filios Adami,

Qualis & tu es, malúm q; que hominibus parias :

Tua utique juſtitia profit hominibus mortalibus

Aut dicto aut facto gratificans viris.

Multi ſuperbi & improbi viri ſunt,

Qui inſolentiæ obtemperantes, obſequentes robori ſuo,

Affligunt pauperes fortitudiné q; que viribúſque;

Horum verò violenter-tractatorum gemitus gravis oritur,

Et per-vim-tractorum; adhuc autem oppreſſoris brachium

Furit immane, cujus robur inſuperabile.

Nec quis inter iſtos quærit, nec interrogat.

Dicens, Ubi Deus eſt, qui me formavit nihil exiſtentem antea

Et elaboravit fabricans, ejus enim labor ſum, & opus,

Qui noctem per intempeſtam dat ſuavem cantilenam;

Qui prudentiam homines docuit, & conſilia varia,

Animaliá q; que nobis dedit mente ſuperare cætera,

Feráſ q; que agreſtes, & aërias volucres?

Tunc verò ſimul ejulatus & preces erant virorum

Propter injuriam pernicioſam, & ſuperborum noxam;

Diu autem tacitus Deus ſedit, & non audienti ſimilis.

Ne q; que enim cœleſtis lubens ſuam aurem accommodat

Inanibus verbis Pater, vanitati q; que miſerandæ;

Nec unquam Immortalis vana-cogitantis audiit vocem,

Virum ne q; que reſpexit, qui inania loquitur.

Etſi dixeris, Neutiquam ipſum ego poſſum coràm videre;

Facilè tamen innoteſcit Deus ſuis in operibus,

Veſtigia conſpicua, præfulgentes autem ejus ſunt radii:

Apud eum verò eſt juſtitia, apud eum judicium & jura:

Cui tu confiſus admodum-pare, & te permitte.

Jam verò quoniam non ità fretus Deo eſt Jobus,

Is quidem iratus gravem illi intulit miſeriam;

At iſte vir dolore magno fauciatus cor

Non novit, ne q; que animadvertit, quid ſibi tantam calamitatem (auget,

Miſer, quam & meritò patitur voluntate Dei.

Quocirca futilis & multiloquus eſt Jobus,

Cujus à lingua valdè inanis fluit oratio;

Multa quidem ſtrenuè, ſed non prudentia dicit.

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