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καὶ ταύτης ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου

καὶ ἀπερρύη ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς.

ἄκουε ἀκοὴν ἐν ὀργῇ θυμοῦ Κυρίου.

καὶ μελέτη ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.

ὑποκάτω παντὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ,

καὶ τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πτερύγων τῆς γῆς.

ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ βοήσεται φωνῇ.

βροντήσει ἐν φωνῇ ὕβρεως αὐτοῦ·

καὶ οὐκ ἀνταλλάξει αὐτούς, ὅτι ἀκούσῃ φωνὴν αὐτοῦ.

βροντήσει ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἐν φωνῇ αὐτοῦ θαυμάσια,

ἐποἰησεν γὰρ μεγάλα ἃ οὐκ ἤδειμεν·

συντάσσων χιόνι Γἰνου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

καὶ χειμὼν ὑετός, καὶ χειμὼν ὑετῶν δυναστείας αὐτοῦ.

ἐν χειρὶ παντὸς ἀνθρώπου κατασφραγίζει,

ἴνα γνῷ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀσθένειαν.

εοῆλθεν δὲ θηρία ὑπὸ σκέπην.

ἡσύχασαν δὲ ἐπὶ κοίτης.

¹³

ἐκ ταμείων ἐπέρχονται ὀδύναι,

ἀπὸ δὲ ἀκρωτηρίων ψῦχος.

καὶ ἀπὸ πνοῆς Ἰσχυροῦ δώσει πάγος,

οἰακίζει δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ ὡς ἐὰν βούληται·

καὶ ἐκλεκτὸν καταπλάσσει νεφέλη.

διασκορπιεῖ νέφος φῶς αὐτοῦ.

καὶ αὐτὸς κυλκώματα διαστρέψει,

ἐν θεεβουλαθὼθ εἰς ἔργα αὐτῶν·

πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐντείληται αὐτοῖς,

ταῦτα συντέτακται παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,

ἐάν εἰς παιδείαν, ἐὰν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ,

ἐὰν εἰς ἔλεος εὑρήσει αὐτόν.

ἐνωτίζου ταῦτα, Ἰὼβ·

στῆθι, νουθετούμενος δύναμιν Κυρίου.

οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο ἔργα αὐτοῦ,

φῶς ποιήσας ἐκ σκότους.

ἐπίσταται δὲ διάκρισιν νεφῶν,

ἐξαίσια δὲ πτώματα πονηρῶν.

σοῦ δὲ ἡ στολὴ θερμή· ἡσυχάζεται δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

στερεώσεις μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς παλαιώματα,

ἰσχυραὶ ὡς ὅρασις ἐπιχύσεως.

διὰ τἰ δἰδαξόν με, τί ἐροῦμεν αὐτῷ· καὶ παυσώμεθα πολλὰ

λέγοντες.

μὴ βίβλος ἢ γραμματεύς μοι παρέστηκεν,

ἴνα ἄνθρωπον ἑστηκὼς κατασιωπήσω;

πᾶσιν δʼ οὐχ ὁρατὸν τὸ φῶς,

τηλαυγές ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς παλαιώμασιν,

⁴⁵

ὥσπερ τὸ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ νεφῶν.

ἀπὸ βορρᾶ νέφη χρυσαυγοῦντα·

ἐπὶ τούτοις μεγάλη ἡ δόξα καὶ τιμὴ Παντοκράτορος.

καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκομεν ἄλλον ὅμοιον τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτοῦ·

ὁ τὰ δίκαια κρίνων, οὐκ οἴει ἐπακούειν αὐτόν;

διὸ φοβηθήσονται αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνθρωπο.

φοβηθήσονται δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ σοφοί καρδίᾳ.

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).) — 37.1 focus

Τῶν δ᾽ ἔτι καὶ κραδίη μοι ἐνὶ στήθεσσι πατάσσει

Αἰνῶς δειδιότι, τρομέουσι δέ μοι φρένες ἐντός·

Ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε κινήσῃ Ζέφυρος βαθὺ λήϊον ἐλθὼν

Λάβρος ἐπαιγίζων, ἐπὶ τ᾽ ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν·

Ὡς μοι ἐκινήθη κραδίη φρεσὶν ὁρμαίνοντι.

Ἀλλ᾽ ἄγετε, ξυνίετ᾽ ὦκα Θεοῦ ὄπα φωνήσαντος,

Ὑμέων ἄντα βάλλοι ἐὴ παταγεῦσ᾽ ἐρίμυκτος ἠχή,

Ἥ τέ οἱ ἐκ λαιμοῖο πολυσμάραγος ῥέεν αὐδή.

Τὴν μὲν ὅγε ἴθυνεν ὑπ᾽ οὐρανὸν, ἀστεροπὴν δὲ

Χειρὶ λαβὼν ἐτίναξεν ἀπ᾽ αἰγλήεντος Ὀλύμπου,

Ἡ δ’ ἄρ’ ἀκοντισθεῖσα Θεοῦ ταχυδινέϊ παλμῷ

Φρικτῆς μαρμαρυγῇσιν ἀεὶ στίλβουσα ποτᾶτ’·

Ῥίμφα μάλ’ αἰΐσσουσα δι’ αἰθέρος, αἶψα δ’ ἱκάνει

Γαῖαν ἀπειρεσίην, τρομέει δέ τε φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων.

Τόφρα τις οὐρανόθεν φωνὴ βρέμει, αὐτὰρ ὑπ’ αὐτῆς

Κόσμος ὅλος σμαράγησε, βοὴ δ’ ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει.

Ἔνθ’ Ὑψιβρεμέτης μεγάλ’ ἔκτυπεν, ἀμφὶ δ’ Ὄλυμπος

Σμερδαλέον κονάβιζε, μέμυκεν δ’ ἄσπετος αἰθήρ,

Σάλπιγξεν δ’ ἕδος οὐράνιον, βράχε δ’ εὐρεῖα χθών,

Ἔδδεισεν δ’ ὑπένερθεν ἄναξ ἐνέρων Ἀϊδωνεύς.

Δεινὸν δ’ ἐβρόντησε Πατὴρ ῥηξήνορι φωνῇ,

Βροντήσας δ’ ἄρα δεινὸν ἀφῆκ’ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν,

Δεινὸς δὲ κτύπος ὦρτο κεραυνοῦ παλλομένοιο.

Ὡς μεγάλ’ αὐτὸς ἔρεξε, τά τ’ οὐ δυνάμεσθα νοῆσαι.

Ὅς τ’ εἶπεν νιφετῷ, Χαμάδις ῥέε, δεῦε δὲ γαῖαν,

Βάσκ’ ἴθι, μηκέτι μίμν’ ἀνεμώλιος ἐν νεφέλῃσιν.

Ὡς ἔφατ’· ἔδδεισεν δὲ χθών, καὶ ἐπείθετο μύθῳ·

Αὐτίκα ταρφειαὶ νιφάδες πίπτουσιν ἔραζε,

Εἰρός θ’ οἷα κέχυνται ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν,

Ἧι δ’ ἄρ’ ἰάνθη γῆ λαρινῷ γανόωσα χιτῶνι.

Ὡς δ’ αὔτως ἐπέτελλε Πατὴρ ὑετῷ τε καὶ ὄμβρῳ,

Οἱ δ’ αἶψα προρέουσιν ἑλὼ τρομέοντες ὁμοκλήν.

Ἔνθα πόνον κατέπαυσε, καὶ ἐσσυμένοισί περ ἔργων

Χεῖρας ἐρυκακέειν, καμάτοιο δὲ γίνετ’ ἐρωή·

Ὄφρ’ εὖ εἰδῶσιν δειλοὶ βροτοὶ οἷ’ ἔορξεν.

Ἤματι τῷ χθονίοις ὑπὸ κεύθεσιν εὐνάζονται

Θῆρες, καὶ αἰΐσσουσιν ἐνὶ γλαφυροῖσι κέονται.

Ἐκ νότου ἀργέσταο πολύστροφος ὤρνυτ’ ἀέλλη,

Πνοιῇ ἅμα λιγυρῇ θεοδινέα βόμβον ἱεῖσα,

Λαίλαπι μαστίζουσα κονίσαλον ἀμφὶ κελεύθους·

Ἣ τε καταλλομένη ἰοειδέα πόντον ὀρίνει,

Πολλὸν ὅ τ’ τρέφι κῦμα κυλίνδετ’, ὑψόσε δ’ ἄχνη

Σκίδναται ἐξ ἀνέμοιο πολυπλάγκτοιο ἰωῆς.

Ψῦχος ὑπαὶ ῥιπῆς αἰθρηγενέος Βορέαο

Γίνεθ’, ὅ, τε κρυεροῖσιν ἀεὶ χθόνα τύψεν ἀήταις.

Πάχνη ὀκρυόεσσα δι’ ἄσθματος ἷκε Θεοῖο,

Αἶψα δὲ κῦμα πέπηγεν ἐϋρρεῖος ποταμοῖο

Στεινόμενον, λιαρὸς δὲ ϑ’ ὑπερκέχυτο κρύσταλλος.

Τρύχει δ’ ἀρδμοῖσιν πυκινὸν νέφος, ἤχθετο δ’ αὐτὸ

Τρεφόμενον, βεβίηται δ’ ὑδάτων ἐγκύμονι κόλπῳ.

Ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖ ἐσκέδασεν ἐπὶ χθόνα πουλυβότειραν

Μαρμαρυγὰς νεφέων, ἠδὲ ψολόεντα βέλεμνα.

Δινήθῃ τάδε πάντα Θεοῦ μεγάλοιο ἕκητι,

Ἀμφί τε γῆν ἐλέλικτο διηνεκέϊ στροφάλιγγι,

Βουλὴν δ᾽, ἥν σφ᾽ ἐπέτελλε, κατὰ χθόνα καὶ κατὰ κόσμον

Ἐμμαπέως ἐτέλεσσεν, ἑῷ τ᾽ ἐπεπείθετο μύθῳ·

Εἴτ᾽ ἄρα δυσεβέας κρατερῇ μάστιγι διώξῃ,

Εἴτ᾽ ὄμβροισι διώῃ ἑὴν πολυκαγκέα γαῖαν

Ἵλαος, εὐσεβέεσσί τ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸν ἰαίνῃ.

Κέκλυθι γῆν μά, Ἴωβε, καὶ ἀτρέμας ἧσο μίνυνθα

Θάμβῳ καὶ σιγῇ, τά τε θαύματα σιγαλόεντα

Μέρμερά τ᾽ ἔργα Θεοῖο τεῷ ἐγκάτθεο θυμῷ.

Οἶσθά γ᾽ ὅπως ἔστησε Θεὸς νέφεα σκιόεντα,

Ἄψ δ᾽ φόως ἀνέφηνε κεδασεισέων νεφελάων;

Οἶσθά γ᾽ ὅπως ἄρα τὶ ἰσόρροποι ὕψι κρέμανται,

Ὄμβροις ᾧ βαρύεσι καὶ ὕδασι βεβριθῦαι;

Οἷά τε θαύματα ῥέζει, οὐ φρένες ἄρτιαι εἰσιν,

Ἀκρότατός τε νόος πάντων πέρι μήδεα εἰδώς;

Πῶς ὑπερεθερμάνθη τὰ σὰ εἵματα, θάλπετο δ᾽ χθὼν,

Ἀτρέμας ὄφρ᾽ εὔδεσκε μινὺθ βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων

Ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, ὅτε μὴ λιαροῖο νότοιο,

Τῷ δ᾽ Θεὸς πνοιῇ μαλακῇ προέηκεν ἀῆναι;

Ἦ ῥα σὺ αἰθέρα δῖον ἅμ᾽ αὐτῷ ἐξετάνυσσας;

Οὐρανὸν ἢ πολύχαλκον ὑπὲρ χθονὸς ἐξεπέτασσας,

Στιλπνὸς ὅ, τε στιβαρός τε πέλει χυτὸν οἷα κάτοπτρον;

Ἀλλὰ σὺ νῦν ἡμῖν ὑπόθευ, καὶ μῦθον ὄπαζε,

Οὐ γάρ πω σάφα ἴδμεν ὅπως ἀπαμειψόμεθ᾽ αὐτόν·

Τόση ἡμετέροισιν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὁμίχλη.

Τίς νύ κέν οἱ δείξειεν ἐμὸν λόγον; αἴκέ τις εἴπῃ,

Οἷά τε μαρμαρυγὴ θείης ἐλαφύξεϊ ὀπωπῆς.

Φέγγος ὑπαὶ νεφέων ἐκ ἄν βροτὸς αἰθρήσειεν,

Οὔ τε κεν ὀξύτατον κεφαλῆς ἐκδέρκεται ὄσσε·

Ἀλλ᾽ ἄνεμος ζαὴς νέφεα σκιόεντα δονήσας

Θῦεν μάστιγι λιγυρῇ, ἐκάθηρε δ᾽ ὄλυμπον,

Αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν, καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὁμίχλην·

Ἔκ τ᾽ ἔφανον πᾶσαι σκοπιαὶ, καὶ πρώονες ἄκροι,

Καὶ νάπαι, οὐρανόθεν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπερράγη ἄσπετος αἰθήρ·

Αἴθρῃ ἐκ βορέαο φαεινοτέρη χρυσοῖο

Πέπλαται ἀννέφελος, λευκὴ δ᾽ ἅλαδ᾽ ἦλθε γαλήνη·

Τῷ καὶ ὑπὸ ῥιπῇ μείδησεν ἀθέσφατος αἰθὴρ

Στίλβων ἀγλαΐῃσι, γέλασσε δὲ πᾶσα περὶ χθὼν

Αἴγλῃ λαμπετόωσα, γέγηθε δέ τε φρένα ποιμνίῳ.

Ὡς ἓν σμερδαλέον Πανυπερτάτου ἔπλετο κῦδος,

Τῷ καὶ λαμπρότατόν τε φάος, καὶ δεινὰ πρόσωπα;

Εὑρεῖν οὐ δυνάμεσθα Θεοῦ φύσιν αἰὲν ἐόντος,

Καὶ μάλα πὲρ σπουδῇ διζήμενοι εἰρόμενοί τε·

Ὅς τ' ἐκέκαστο βίηφι, καί οἱ κράτος οὐκ ἐπεικτόν,

Ὅς πάντων περί τ' εὐνομίῃ, περί τ' ἐστὶ θέμισσι,

Εὐδικίῃ τε νόοιο, καὶ οὐδέ ποτ' ἄνδρα χαλέπτειν

Ἤθελ' ὑπερφιάλως, ὡς ὑβριστῆρες ἀγαυοί,

Οἵ τ' ἄλλους τρύχουσι βίῃ ὑπερωρεόντες.

Τὔνεκά μιν τρομέεσιν ἐπιχθόνιοι ἄνθρωποι,

Ἁζόμενοι Βασιλῆα, τῷ οὐ φρένας ἔυαδεν ἀνδρῶν,

Οὐδέ τιν' αἰδέεται πυκινὰ φρεσὶ μήδε' ἔχοντα.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 37 focus

Yes, at this my heart trembles, And is moved out of its place.

Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, The sound that goes out of his mouth.

He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty; He doesn’t hold back anything when his voice is heard.

God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend.

For he says to the snow, Fall on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

He seals up the hand of every man, That all men whom he has made may know it.

Then the animals go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

Out of its chamber comes the storm, And cold out of the north.

By the breath of God, ice is given, And the breadth of the waters is frozen.

Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

It is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatever he commands them On the surface of the habitable world,

Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he causes it to come.

Listen to this, Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Do you know how God controls them, And causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Do you know the workings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

You whose clothing is warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, Which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Teach us what we shall tell him; For we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Now men don’t see the light which is bright in the skies, But the wind passes, and clears them.

Out of the north comes golden splendor; With God is awesome majesty.

We can’t reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 37.1 focus

[1] At these things my heart still beats within my breast, as I fear exceedingly, and my mind trembles within me; And as when the West Wind, coming on, stirs the deep cornfield, rushing fiercely, and it nods with the ears of grain; So my heart was stirred within me as I pondered.

[2] But come, understand quickly the voice of God as he speaks; let his loud-bellowing, echoing sound fall upon you, which from his throat poured forth a much-resounding voice.

[3] That one guided it straight under heaven, and taking the lightning in his hand he shook it from gleaming Olympus, and it, hurled by the swift-whirling stroke of God, ever flashing with dreadful gleams, flew. Darting very swiftly through the upper air, straightway it reaches the boundless earth, and the tribes of men tremble.

[4] Meanwhile a voice thunders from heaven, and beneath it the whole world crashed, and an unquenchable roar arose. Then the High-Thunderer thundered greatly, and around him Olympus resounded terribly, and the boundless upper air bellowed, and the heavenly seat trumpeted, and the broad earth crashed, and beneath, the lord of the dead, Aidoneus, shuddered.

[5] And the Father thundered terribly with a voice that breaks men, and having thundered he hurled a terrible bright lightning bolt, and a terrible crash arose from the flashing thunderbolt. How great are the things he himself has done, which we cannot comprehend.

[6] He who spoke to the snowstorm, 'Pour down upon the ground,' and soaked the earth, 'Go, rush forth, no longer stay idle in the clouds.' So he spoke; and the earth feared, and obeyed his word; Straightway thick snowflakes fall to the ground, and like wool they are poured out upon the life-giving field, and there the earth is warmed, gleaming in its fleecy mantle. And in like manner the Father commanded the rain and the storm, and they straightway pour forth, trembling at his rebuke.

[7] There he put an end to toil, and checked the hands even of those eager for works, and there came a respite from labor; So that wretched mortals may know well what he has done.

[8] On that day the beasts lie down beneath the earth's hollows, and they couch in their hollow dens.

[9] From the south, from the bright-shining one, a whirling storm arose, sending forth with a shrill blast a god-driven roar, lashing the dust-cloud with a hurricane about the paths; And it, rushing down, stirs the violet-dark sea; and the great wave which it nourishes rolls on, and the foam is scattered aloft by the blast of the much-wandering wind. Cold comes by the blast of the clear-sky-born North Wind, which ever smites the earth with chilling gales.

[10] By the breath of God frost comes, icy-cold, and swiftly the wave of the fair-flowing river is frozen, being pressed together, and a smooth ice spreads over it.

[11] It wears down the thick cloud with streams of water, and it was grieved as it was fed, and it is forced into the water-pregnant bosom. And at another time again he scattered upon the much-nourishing earth the gleamings of the clouds, and the smoky missiles.

[12] All these things are whirled about by the will of the great God, and on both sides the earth was rolled in an unceasing whirl, and the counsel which he enjoined upon them he fulfilled unerringly across the earth and across the world, and it obeyed his word.

[13] Whether then he drives the impious with a mighty whip, or, gracious, pursues his much-burning land with rains, and warms the heart in the breasts of the pious.

[14] Hear me, Job, and sit quietly a little while in amazement and silence, and lay up in your heart the wondrous marvels and dreadful works of God.

[15] Do you know how God set the shadowy clouds, and again brought forth light from the scattered clouds?

[16] Do you know indeed how the balanced clouds hang on high, weighed down by rains and waters? What wonders he does — are his thoughts not sound, and his mind most high, knowing counsels about all things?

[17] How were your garments overheated, and the earth was warmed, so that it slept gently away from the north wind and other scorching winds, except for the gentle south wind, to which God sent it to blow with a soft breeze?

[18] Did you really stretch out the bright upper air along with him? Or did you spread out the sky, all of bronze, above the earth, gleaming and firm, like a cast mirror?

[19] But now you instruct us and grant us a word, for we do not yet clearly know how we shall answer him. So great is the mist in our breasts.

[20] Who then could show him my word? if one should speak, like the flashing of a divine vision.

[21] The light beneath the clouds — could a mortal behold it? — and the eye that darts keenest from the head does not see it. But a rushing wind shook the shadowy clouds and blew with a clear-sounding whip, and cleansed the sky; and straightway it scattered the mist and drove off the fog. And from it all the watchtowers appeared, and the lofty headlands, and the glens, and from heaven the boundless upper air burst forth.

[22] Out of the north, brighter than gold, the cloudless sky is spread with fair weather; and the white calm came to the sea. At this, beneath the blast, the boundless sky smiled with gleams; and all the earth around laughed, shining with radiance, and the flock rejoiced in heart. How one dread glory belonged to the Most High, and to him both most radiant light and awful faces?

[23] We cannot find out the nature of God who exists forever, even though we search with great eagerness and inquire; He who was adorned with strength, and whose might is not to be assailed, who excels all in good order and in justice and in righteousness of mind, and never wished to vex a man overbearingly, as do the proud insolent men who wear others down by force, overstepping bounds.

[24] Therefore mortals on earth tremble before him, reverencing the King, whose mind takes no pleasure in men, nor does he respect anyone who has shrewd counsels in his heart.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 37.1 focus

SUper hoc etiam cor mihi in pectoribus palpitat,

Vehementer timenti, tremunt aut ẽ em mihi præcordia intus;

Sicut cùm moverit zephyrus altam ſegetem veniens

Vehemens irrumpens, illa ingruit ſpicis;

Sic mihi movetur cor in mente cogitanti.

Verùm agitè, percipite ocyùs Dei vocem loquentis,

Veſtras aures feriat ejus cum-ſtrepitu-currens ſonus,

Quæque ei ex ore grandiſona fluit vox.]

Illam toto direxit ſub cœlo, fulgur verò

Manu accipiens concuſſit à ſplendido cœlo.

Illud autem intortum Dei celeriter-volubili vibratione

Horrendis radiis uſquè coruſcans volat

Perniciter admodum ruens per aërem, ſtatim autem pervenit

Ad terram immenſam, tremunt autem gentes hominum.

Tum quædam de-cœlo vox fremit, at illâ

Mundus totus perſtrepit, fragor verò ingens excitatur.

Tum Altitonans immanè ſonuit, undique autem cœlum

Horrendùm crepuit, remugiit autem immenſus æther,

Reſonuit verò ſedes cœleſtis, inſonuít q; que lata tellus,

Timuit autem ſubtus rex inferorum Lucifer.

Horrendùm autem intonuit Pater ſtrenuâ voce,

Tonans autem horrendùm, demiſit candens fulmen;

Terribilis verò fragor ortus eſt fulmine vibrato.

Adeò magna ipſe fecit, quæ q; que non poſſumus intelligere.

Qui dixit nivi, In terram deflue, riga autem ſolum,

Vade agè, nec ampliùs mane irrita in nubibus.

Sic dixit; timuit verò nix, & paruit dicto.

Statim crebræ nives cadunt in-terram,

Lanæ q; que inſtar funduntur ſuper fertilem tellurem,

Terra autem exhilaratur niveâ reſplendens veſte.

Similiter mandavit Pater pluviæ q; que & imbri,

Hi autem confeſtim fluunt ejus metuentes increpationem.

Tum à labore quieſcere-fecit, quantumvis feſtinantibus

Manus coercens, laboris autem fit ceſſatio;¹

Ut bene ſciant miſeri mortales quale fecit.

Die illo ſubterraneis cavernis cubant

Feræ, & ſpeluncis in cavis jacent.

Ex noto celeri verſatilis oritur procella,

Flatu cum ſonoro divinitus-motum ſibilum emittens,

Turbine flagellans pulverem circa vias :

Quæ & deſiliens purpureum mare commovet,

Multus autem tumidus fluctus volvitur,in-altum verò ſpuma

Spargitur venti vago fluctu.

Frigus ab impetu ſerenitatem-patientis boreæ

Fit, qui gelidis ſemper terram verberat flatibus.

Gelu horridum per ſpiraculum venit Dei,

Statim verò fluctus concreſcit bene-fluentis fluminis

Arctatus, lævis autem ſuperfunditur glacies.

Fatigat irrigationibus denſam nubem, premitur verò illa

Laſſata, onuſtá q; que eſt aquis gravido ſinu.

Interdum autem diſperſit in terram almam

Coruſcationes nubium, & ardentia tela.

Circumaguntur iſta omnia Dei magni voluntate,

Circá q; que terram gyrantur perpetuâ vertigine;

Conſilium aut ẽ em, quod ipſis mandat, per terram & per orbem

Dicto-citiùs perficiunt, ejúſ q; que obtemperant verbo:

Sive impios duro flagello perſequatur ;

Sive imbribus humectet ſuam aridam terram

Propitius, piíſ q; que in pectore animum lætificet.

Audi ergò me, Jobe, & quietè ſede pauliſper

In ſtupore & ſilentio, & miracula ſtupenda

Magnáque-&-egregia opera Dei tuo repone animo.

Nôſtin’ quomodo ſtatuit Deus nubes opacas,

Rurſum autem lucem oſtendit diſperſis nubibus?

Nôſti quo pacto illæ æquilibres in-ſublimi pendent,

Imbribus licèt gravibus & aquis onuſtæ ?

Qualiá q; que mirabilia facit, cujus mens perfecta eſt,

Summúſ q; que intellectus ſupra omnes conſiliis pollens ?

Quomodo tepefiunt tuæ veſtes, fovetur autem tellus,

Quietè quamdiu dormit vis boreæ & aliorum

Vehementium ventorum, præter tepidum notum,

Ejus autem Deus flatum mollem immiſit ut ſpiret ?

Nunquid tu ætherem divinum unà cum illo extendiſti?

Cœlum aut ſolidum ſuper terram expandiſti,

Quod ſplendidum ſimul firmúm q; que eſt, fuſile tanquam ſpe culum?

At tu jam nobis ſuggere, & ſermonem præbe,

Non enim certò ſcimus quomodo reſpondebimus illi;

Tanta noſtris in pectoribus caligo.

Quis ei oſtendat meam orationem? ſi quis loquatur,

Fulgor quodammodo divinæ eum abſorbebit faciei.

Lucem ſub nubibus mortalis videre-nequit,

Cujus vel acutiſſimè ex capite cernunt oculi.

At ventus vehemens nubes atras agitans

Impetuoſè-ruit cum flagello ſtridulo, purgavit autem cœlum,

Illico autem caliginem diſperſit & amovit nebulam;

Apparéntque omnes ſpeculæ & vertices prominentes,

Et ſaltus, cœlitúſque erumpit ingens ſudum.

Serenitas ex aquilone ſplendidior auro

Expanditur ſine-nube, lucidáque ad-mare venit tranquillitas;

Cujus etiam ex flatu ſubridet ingens æther

Coruſcans ſplendore, ridet verò omnis circùm terra

Candore fulgens, gaudet autem in animo paſtor.

Quàm ergò horrenda Supremi-omnium eſt gloria,

Cujus & et clariſſimúmque lumen, & et terribilis vultus!

Invenire non poſſumus Dei naturam ſemper exiſtentis,

Quantumvis diligenter inquirentes perſcrutantéſque;

Qui inſtructus eſt viribus, & et ei robur invictum,

Qui omnes æquitate tranſcendit, & et jure,

Juſtitiâque mentis, & et nunquam hominem deprimere

Vult iniquè, ſicut oppreſſores inſolentes,

Qui alios affligunt vi ſuperbientes.

Idcirco ipſum metuunt terreſtres homines,

Venerantes Regem, cui ſapientia non placuit virorum,

Nec quenquam reveretur prudentia mente conſilia agitantem.

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1. U+05D0AC

1. 29 συνης U+05D0 c.a) (bostea restit -νη) A | απεκτασεις (-σις BU+05D0* )] επεκτασιν U+05D0 a- ¹ (mox revoc απ.) A 30 αυτον] αυτην U+05D0A | η ωδη] ηδω U+05D0 adnot τοξον U+05D0c.a)mᵍ ωρηδον (postea ορ.) U+05D0 c.c vid το τοξον A | ριζωμα A 31 ακουοντι ισχυοντι U+05D0Α 32 αυτης] αυτου U+05D0 c.a (restit -της) A*ᵛiᵈ (ης sup ras Aᵃ) | 23 φιλον] φιλος U+05D0 c.a A*ᵛiᵈ (ν sup ras Aᵃ) | Κυριος] ras κς A? | κτησεις A || XX XVII 1 ταυτης] pr υπερ A 2 ακουε] + Ἰωβ U+05D0 c.aA | om εν U+05D0* (superscr U+05D0¹) 3 om υποκατω...αυτου A | της γης] om της A 4 αν- ταλλαξη U+05D0* (-ξει U+05D0¹) | φωνης U+05D0* ( νην U+05D0 c.a ᵃ) 5 αυτου εν φωνη U+05D0* (εν φ. αυτου ᵍᵃ) | θαυμασια] + ωραν εθετο κτηνεσιν οιδασιν δε κοιτης ταξιν επι τουτοις πασιν ουκ εξισταται σου η διανοια| ουδε διαλλασσεται σου η καρδια απο σωματος C | γαρ δε C | ηδειμεν] ηδειν μεν Cviᵈ (bost ηδει ras 1 lit C?) | 6 γινου επι της γης] επι γης γεινου A | om και χειμων υετος U+05D0 c.a C | χειμων 1⁰] χειμωνι ινα η A | υετων] υετου T | δυναστιας U+05D0 δυναστειαις A 7 κατα- σφαγιζει C* (κατασφραγ. Ca) | ασθενιαν U+05D0AC 8 εισηλθον A | σκεπης A | ησυχασαν δε] και ησυχασεν Α

3. B

4. U+05D0AC

5. 9 ταμιων B* U+05D0C (-μειων BᵃᵇA) | επερχονται] εξερχονται A | ακροτηριων A 10 οιακιζει] adnot διασχιζει| χωριζει ἄ(π αλληλων Baᵐg inf οικιαζει U+05D0* (οιακιζ. U+05D0 c.a) οικεια A | το τδωρ] om το A 11 καταπλησσει U+05D0 c.aA | om νεφελη C | διασκορπισει A om C 12 διαστρεφει U+05D0 | εν θεεβουλαθωθ εις] εθετο βουλαθεις (?εθετοβουλαθ εις) U+05D0* ενθα εβουλετο θεις U+05D0c.a (postea εν θεεβουλαθ εις) εν τοις κατωτατω θεις A εν θεεβουλαθωθ· εις C | αν] εαν U+05D0 εν- τειλη A 13 εαν 1°] + τε U+05D0AC | παιδιαν U+05D0ACAE | εαν 2⁰] + τε U+05D0AC | εαν 3⁰] + τε A | ελεος] +αυτου A | om ευρησει αυτον A 14 Ἰωβ ταυτα A | νουθετου U+05D0AC 15 οιδαμεν] σιδας A | οτι] ως A | ο θεος εθετο] εθετο ο θκ A κς εθετο C | ποιησας φως A 16 επιστασαι A | διακρισιν] διαθεσα U+05D0 17 γης] + απο νωτου (postea νοτ.) U+05D0c α 18 στερεωσεις ( σις BU+05D0)] στερεωθεις A στερωσις C pr απο νοτου (inc stich) C | ισχυρα A | ορασεις A | επισχυσεως A 19 παυσομεθα U+05D0C 20 εστηκως] εστως A 21 δ] γαρ A δε C | το φως] om το A | παλαιωμασιν] pr ..... U+05D0c.a (postea ras)

Septuaginta Job 37

ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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