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῾γπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει

Ἐπ᾿ ἀληθεἰς οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν.

πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ;

ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ,

οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ,

ἳνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἔνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων.

σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας·

τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν;

ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη, οὐκ οἴδασιν,

ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ·

ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων,

οἱ δὲ στύλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται·

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ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει,

κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει,

κατὰ δὲ ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ σκόλιόν τι ἐπενόησεν,

ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος,

περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπʼ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης·

ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ Ἕσπερον καὶ Ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμεῖα

Νότου·

ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα,

ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὦν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.

ἐὸν ὑπερβῇ με. οὐ μὴ ἴδω·

καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με, οὐδʼ ὣς ἔγνων.

ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ, τίς ἀποστρέψεις

ἤ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ Τί ἐποίησας;

αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν,

ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν.

ἐὸν δέ μου ὑπακούσεται, ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου.

ἐὰν γὰρ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου,

τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι·

ἐάν τε καλέσαν καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ,

οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοεν μου.

μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃς

πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διά κενῆς.

οὐκ ἐῷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι,

ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας.

ὅτι μέν γὰρ ἰσχύει, κρατεῖ

τίς οὗν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται;

ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει·

ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι.

εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα, οὐκ οἶδα τῆ ψυχῇ.

πλὴν ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή.

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διὸ εἶπον Μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή,

ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ,

ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται·

παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς.

πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συνκαλύπτει·

εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός ἐστιν, τίς ἐστιν;

ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρώτερος δρομέως·

ἀπέδρασαν, καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν.

ἢ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ,

ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν

ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν,

συνκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω.

σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν,

οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις.

ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβῆς, διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον;

ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι,

καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς,

ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας,

ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή.

οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατʼ ἐμὲ ᾧ ἀντικρινομαι,

ἳνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν.

εἲθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων

καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων·

ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον,

ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω,

καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω·

οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι,

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).) — 9.1 focus

Τὸν δ' ἄρα βαρυσενάχων προσέφη πολύμητις Ἴωβος,

Οἶδα· τίη μοι ταῦτ' εὖ εἰδότι πάντ' ἀγορεύεις;

Γιγνώσκω, φρονέω· τάγε δὴ φρονέοντι πιφαύσκεις.

Πῶς γάρ τις μερόπων ὅσιος Θεῷ ἄντα φανείη;

Ἦν δ' ὃς θαρσήσας τλαίη ἐρειδαμένῳ ἀντίω,

Δωιαί τ' αἰνὸν ἀγῶνα, καὶ ἐν δίκῃ ἀντιάαζοι,

Εἰ μὲν χίλιοί εἰσιν, ὅδ' οὐχ ἕνα λύσει ἔλεγχον,

Ἀλλὰ Θεῷ ὑποείξετ' ἐῢς περ ἐὼν ἀγορητής.

Ὅς πέρι μὲν νόον ἀνθρώπων, πέρι δ' ἔστι καὶ ἀλκήν,

Ἀμφότερον, πνυτός τε ἄναξ, κρατερός τε μαχητής.

Κὰδ δ' αὐτῷ τίς πώποτ' ἔχη σκληραύχενα θυμὸν,

Οὐδὲ κακῶς ἀπόλωλεν ἀγηνορίῃσι νόοιο;

Ὅς κίνησεν ὄρη κατά τ' ἔστρεψεν μενεαίνων,

Οὐδ' ἴσασι βροτοὶ πῶς ἤειπε· νεῦσε δ' ἔραζε

Ἐξορεθινωμένων ὀρέων αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα.

Χωόμενος δ' ἀνδρῶν γενεὴν ἐτίναξεν ἔνερθε

Γαῖαν ἀπειρεσίην, τετάρακτο δὲ πάντα θέμεθλα

Ἠπείρου τρομερῆς, βέβριθε δὲ κινυμένη χθών.

Ἠελίῳ ἐπέτειλε, καὶ ἥλιος οὐκ ἀνέτειλεν·

Ἰσχανάα δὲ φόως, καὶ ἐρύκακεν ἄστρα φαεινά·

Ἀμφεκάλυψε πόλον, σκιόωντο δὲ πᾶσαι ἀγυιαὶ

Ἠέει καὶ νεφέλῃ, κτὰ δ' Οὐλύμπῳ κέχυτ' ἀχλύς.

Ὅς τε καὶ ἐκτάνυσεν μόνος οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα,

Καὶ περὶ ῥίμφα πάτησεν ἐπὶ τρέφι κῦμα θαλάσσης·

Ἀρκτοῦρόν τ' ἀκάμαντα, τό, τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος

Τεῦξε, καὶ Ἑπταπόρους, ἅς Πληϊάδας καλέουσιν,

Ἀστέρας, ὀμβροτόκους τε δόμους Νότου ὑγρὸν ἀέντος.

Ὅς τριθαμβέα ἔργ', ἐξαίσια σήματα φαίνει,

Ὅς μάλα πόλλ' ἀκίχητ' ἀφράσμονα θαύματα ῥέζει.

Ἄασσον ἰὼν ἔλαθέν με Θεός· τὸν δ' ἔ τι δυναίμην

Ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν ἢ ἔνθ' ἢ ἔνθα κίοντα.

Ῥηϊδίως ἀποαιρεῖτ'· τίς κέν μιν ἐρύκοι;

Νεικείων τ' ἐρέοι, Ἄγε νῦν, τόδε ποῖον ἔρεξας;

Ἢν Θεὸς οὐκ ἐθέλῃ μεθέμεν χόλον, οὐδὲ πίθηται

Μηνιθμὸν μὲν ἀπορρίψαι, φιλότητα δ' ἑλέσθαι,

Δεινοὶ ἀμυντῆρες καὶ ἀλαζόνες ἄνδρες ὑπ' αὐτῷ

Στῆσαν γνὺξ ἐριπόντες, ὅ, τε τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα.

Τολμήσω καὶ ἐγὼ δειλὸς τῷγ' ἀντίον εἰπεῖν

Ἐξαίτοισι λόγοις, ἐπέων τ' ἔειπε προφέρεσθαι;

Οὐδὲ γὰρ εἰ ἀγαθός περ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἀναίτιος ἦα,

Οὐδέ μιν ἀντιβίοισιν ἀμειψαίμην ἐπέεσσιν,

Ἀλλ' ἱκέτης τ' εἴην, ὀπί τε κλήσαιμι δικαστήν.

Εἰ μὲν ἐγὼ ἐκάλεσσα, Θεὸς δ' ἔμ' ἀμείβετο μύθῳ,

Ἀλλ' οὐδ' ὣς ἐπεποίθει' ἐμῆς ὅτ' ἀκήκοε φωνῆς.

Ὡς δ' ὅτ' ὀρώρῃ δεινὴ ἀνέμοιο θύελλα

Ὑψόθεν ἐκ νεφέων, ἢ πνοιῇσι λιγυρῇσι

Γαῖαν ὅλην μάστιξεν, ὅλην μάστιξε θάλασσαν·

Ὡς ἐμὲ τύψε Θεὸς ῥαδινῇ μάστιγι διώκων,

Πεπληγὼς ὑπὲρ αἶσαν ἀεικέσι πληγῇσιν.

Ἀλλήκτοις ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένον εἴ τι μίνυνθα

Ἀμπνεῦσαι κακότητος ἔμ' εἴασεν, ἀλλ' ἐδάμασσε

Πευκεδανοῖς βελέεσσιν, ὅλον δέ με πικρὸν ἔθηκεν.

Εἴ γε βίης μέμνημαι, ὁ δὲ κράτεϊ προβεβήκει·

Εἰ δ' ἐρέοιμι θέμιστα δικασπολύνῃ τ' ἐρατεινῇ,

Τίς κ' ἦμαρ θείη, ἵν' οἱ ἐν δίκῃ ἀντιβολήσω;

Εἴγε δίκαιος ἐγὼ καὶ ἀμύμων εὔχομαι εἶναι,

Γλῶσσά κέ μοι κατ' ἐμεῖο λόγος τ' ἐπιμάρτυρες εἴη.

Φημὶ τέλειος ἐών; σκολιόφρων αὖτε φανεῦμαι.

Ἀλλά κ' ἄμεμπτος ἐὼν ζωὴν τό μοι οὐκ ἀλέγοιμι·

Βουλοίμην κεν ἐγὼ νῦν τεθνάμεν, ἠὲ βιῶναι.

Τούνεκ' ἔφην, Ἀπόλεσσεν ὁμῶς ἄδικόν τε καὶ ἐσθλόν·

Ἶσον μοῖρ' ἀγαθῷ τε, καὶ εἰ μάλα τις κακὰ ῥέξοι·

Κάτθαν' ὁμῶς ὅ, τ' ἀλιτρὸς ἀνὴρ, ὅ, τε ἐσθλὰ ἐοργώς.

Ἐξαπίνης ὅτε φῦλα βροτῶν μάστιγι δαμάσσῃ,

Καί τ' ἐγγελάσει ὁμῶς ἐπ' ἀναιτίος ἀνδρὸς ἀνίῃ.

Γαίης σκῆπτρον ἔδωκεν ὑπερβίῳ ὑβριστῆϊ,

Ὅς τε θεμιστοπόλων ἀνδρῶν ἐκάλυψεν ὀπωπήν,

Ἰθυνέων, ἵνα μή τι δίκῃ ἰθεῖα γένοιτο·

Εἰ δὲ μὴ ἔστι, ποῦ ἦ τίς πέλεν, ὃς τάδε ῥέξει;

Θάσσων μοι βίος ἐστὶν ἐλαφροτάτοιο δρομῆος,

Ὅς τε μάλ' ὦκα θέει ποσὶ καρπαλίμοισι πεποιθώς·

Ῥίμφα δὲ παρμέμβλωκεν, ἅτε πτερόν, ἠὲ νόημα·

Ἤματά μοι πεπότηται, καὶ οὔποτε κρήγυον εἶδον.

Παρβέβλεκεν νήεσσιν λινοπτερύγεσσιν ὁμοῖα

Ποντοπόροις, αἳ ῥίμφα διαπρήσσουσι θαλάσσης,

Ὠκύτερη πνειῆς, ἢ ἀπὸ νευρῆφιν ὀϊστοῦ·

Ἢ ἀετῷ ἴκελος, διὰ νεφέων ἐρεβεννῶν

Ἐσσυμένως, εἴπου τι ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα κιχείη.

"Εἴποτ' ἐρέω, Ὀλίγον πὲρ ἐμῆς ἐπιλήσομαι ἄτης,

Παυόμενος κλαυθμοῖο, καὶ ἐς φρένα θυμὸν ἀγείρων,

(Οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις πέλεται κρυεροῖο γόοιο)

Τόφρ' αἰνῶς δείδοικα μὴ φρεσὶν ἄλγεα λυγρὰ

Μυρία· ὅσσά τε φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ·

Ὡσί τε νωλεμέως περί τ' ἀμφί τε θυμὸν ἀτύχθην.

Καὶ τόδ' ἐγὼ σάφα οἶδ', ὅτι οὐ με ἀθῶον ἀφήσεις.

Εἰ δέ γ' ἀλείτης εἰμὶ καὶ εἰσέτι, τίπτε νύ μοι κῆρ

Μὰψ αὔτως ἐμόγησεν ἀνηνύστῳ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ;

"Εἴ γε λοεσσάμενος χρό' ἐνὶ νιφόεντι λοετρῷ,

Χεῖρας νιψάμενός τε καθήρω μὲν ῥύπα πάντα·

Ἀλλὰ σύ μ' ἐς βόθρον ῥίψεις, μιαρὸν δέ τε θήσεις,

Ἰλύϊ καὶ πηλῷ μεμορυγμένον ἀμφὶ μέλεσσιν

Ἐκ ποδὸς ἐς κεφαλήν, χρωτὸς δέ κε πικρὸν ἀεντὸς

Ὀδμὴ ἀποστάζοιε, φίλον τείρουσα χιτῶνα.

Οὐ γὰρ ὅγ', οἷος ἐγὼ, δειλὸς βροτὸς, ὄφρα πεποίθω·

Οὐδέ τις ἀνθρώπων οἳ ἀρέρης καρπὸν ἔδουσιν,

"Ὄφρ' ἀπαμειψαίμην, καί οἱ ἐν δίκῃ ἀντασαίμην.

Οὐδέ τις ἀμφοτέροισι μεσέγγυος ἄμμιν ὀπηδεῖ,

"Ὅς κε λύῃσι δίκην, κὰδ δ' ἀλλάσσῃσι καὶ ἡμέας,

"Οἷς ἀγαθοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἔριν καὶ νείκεα παύων.

Πληγέων μὲν παυσάσθω, ἐμεῦ δ' ἀπο ῥάβδον ἐρύκων,

Μηδ' ἔτι θεσπεσίοισι φόβοις ἐμὲ δειδισσέσθω.

Καὶ τότε θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπέμεν, ὅ, ττι πὲρ οἶδα,

Βούλομ' ἀπηλεγέως, φρεσὶ πινυτάλιμῃσι πιθήσας.

Ἀλλ' οὐ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσεν Θεὸς ὄλβον

Πένθεσι τειρομένῳ· νῦν δὲ χρὴ τετλάμεν ἔμπης.

Translations (3)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 9 focus

Then Job answered,

Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God?

If he is pleased to contend with him, He can’t answer him one time in a thousand.

God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Who removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, When he overturns them in his anger

Who shakes the earth out of its place; The pillars of it tremble;

Who commands the sun, and it doesn’t rise, And seals up the stars;

Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea;

Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

Who does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number.

Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.

Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, What are you doing?

God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him?

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.

For he breaks me with a tempest, Multiplies my wounds without cause.

He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, Who, says he, will summon me?

Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

I am blameless. I don’t regard myself. I despise my life.

It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.

If the scourge kills suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?

Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,

They have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,

Yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both.

Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid:

Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself.

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 9.1 focus

[1] Then deeply-grieving, resourceful Job spoke to him: 'I know;'

[2] Why do you tell all this to me, who know it well? I know, I understand; these things indeed you declare to one who understands. For how could any mortal appear righteous before God?

[3] And was there one who, taking courage, would dare to contend against him in dispute, and in judgment do battle with him in a dread contest, even if there are a thousand of them? He will not refute a single charge, but will yield to God, though he be a good speaker.

[4] He who is beyond the mind of men, and beyond even strength — both alike — is a wise lord and a mighty warrior. And who ever hardened his stubborn-necked spirit against him, and was not utterly destroyed by the proud counsels of his mind?

[5] He who shakes the mountains and in his fury overturns them, and mortals do not know how he spoke; and he nodded to the ground the lofty heads of the mountains enraged.

[6] And in his anger he shook the race of men; beneath, he shook the boundless earth, and all the foundations of trembling Hpeiros were thrown into confusion, and the shaken land was heavy-laden.

[7] He gave command to the sun, and the sun did not rise; And he held back the light, and checked the shining stars; He covered the sky, and all the streets were darkened by the dawn and the cloud, and a mist was poured down over Olympus.

[8] Who alone stretched out the starry heaven, and swiftly trod upon the swelling wave of the sea;

[9] He made Arcturus untiring, and the strength of Orion, and the Seven-Paths, which they call the Pleiades, the stars, and the rain-bearing chambers of the moist-blowing South Wind.

[10] Who shows forth thrice-marvellous works, extraordinary signs; who performs very many unattainable, unthinkable wonders.

[11] Going near, God escaped me. But him I could not see with my eyes either going here or there.

[12] He snatches away easily. Who could restrain him? Would you speak in reproach, 'Come now, what sort of thing is this that you have done?'

[13] If God does not choose to let go his wrath, nor is persuaded to cast off his anger and to choose friendship, dread defenders and boasters, men, have stood beneath him, fallen on their knees, and trembling has seized their limbs.

[14] Shall I too, coward that I am, dare to speak against him with words that may be spoken out, and to utter words?

[15] For even if I were a good man and blameless, I would not answer him with hostile words, but I would be a suppliant, and with my voice I would call upon the judge.

[16] If I had called, and God had answered me with a word, yet not even so would he have heeded when he heard my voice.

[17] And as when a dreadful storm of wind rises from on high out of the clouds, or with shrill blasts lashes the whole earth, lashes the whole sea; How God struck me, pursuing me with a slender whip, having smitten me beyond fate with unseemly blows.

[18] Pierced with ceaseless pains, if he allowed me to breathe a little from misery, yet he subdued me with Peucedanian shafts, and made me wholly bitter.

[19] If indeed I am mindful of strength, yet he has advanced in power. But if I should speak of ordinances and lovely judgment, who could appoint a day, that I might plead with him in justice?

[20] If indeed I claim to be righteous and blameless, then let my tongue and my speech be witnesses against me. I say I am perfect? I shall appear crooked-minded.

[21] But if I were blameless, I would not care for my life; I would wish now to have died, or to live.

[22] Therefore I said, he destroys alike the unjust and the good; The lot is equal for the good man, and even if one does great evils; Alike dies the wicked man and he who has done good deeds.

[23] When suddenly he subdues the tribes of mortals with a scourge, and alike laughs at the grief of an innocent man.

[24] He has given the scepter of the earth to a violent, insolent man, who has covered the eyes of law-administering men, of those who set things straight, so that nothing might be upright in judgment. But if it is not so, where or who is he who will do these things?

[25] My life is swifter than the lightest runner, who runs very swiftly, trusting in his swift feet; And it has sped swiftly past, like a feather, or a thought; My days have flown away, and I have never seen anything good.

[26] They have sped past like ships with linen wings that cross the sea, swifter than a breath, or than an arrow from the bowstring; Or like an eagle, rushing eagerly through dark clouds, wherever it may find some prey and booty.

[27] If ever I speak, I shall forget my calamity but a little, ceasing from weeping and gathering my spirit into my mind — for no profit comes from chill lamentation — so long do I terribly fear lest countless grievous pains be in my mind.

[28] as many as leaves and flowers come to be in season; as I was ceaselessly struck with dread around and about my spirit. And this I know clearly, that you will not let me go innocent.

[29] But if I am a transgressor and still am, why then has my heart toiled in vain, for a work that comes to nothing?

[30] If indeed, having bathed my body in snow-white water, and washed my hands, I cleanse away all filth—

[31] But you will cast me into a pit, and you will make me foul, defiled with mire and clay all over my limbs, from foot to head; and from my skin a bitter festering stench would drip, wasting my dear tunic.

[32] For he is not, like me, a weak mortal, that I might be persuaded. Nor is there any among men who eat the fruit of the earth, so that I might reply, and plead with him in judgment.

[33] Nor is there any mediator between us both who attends us, who might loose the case and change us too, putting an end to strife and quarrels with kindly words.

[34] Let him cease from blows, and keep his rod away from me, and let him no longer terrify me with dreadful fears.

[35] And then, having taken courage, I would gladly speak whatever I know, I wish to speak out plainly, trusting in prudent thoughts. But God did not spin me such prosperity, as I am worn down by sorrows. But now it is necessary to endure nevertheless.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 9.1 focus

ILlum verò graviter-ingemiſcens affatus eſt prudens-Jobus,

Novi; quid mihi iſta bene ſcienti cuncta dicis?

Scio, intelligo; hæc jam gnaro loqueris.

Quî enim aliquis mortaliũ mortalium juſtus coram Deo apparere queat?

Si cum eo confiſus audeat contendere cominus,

Subiréque grave certamen, & in jure obviàm-ire,

Si quidem mille ſunt, is nè unum ſolvet argumentum,

Verùm Deo cedet, bonus licèt fuerit orator.

Qui ſupra homines eſt mente, ſupráque robore,

Utrumque, prudéns q; que rex, fortíſque bellator.

Adverſus illum quis unquam habuit obfirmatum animum,

Et non malè periit inſolentiâ mentis?

Qui movit montes evertítque iratus,

Neq; Neque nôrunt homines quomodo ceciderunt; vergunt autem

Concuſſorum montium ſublimia capita. (in terram

Succenſens autem humano generi, labefactavit ſubtèr

Terram immenſam, commota autem ſunt omnia fundamenta

Terræ tremulæ, gravata autem eſt mota tellus.

Soli imperavit, & ſol non ortus eſt;

Cohibet autem lucem, & detinet aſtra ſplendida;

Obtexit polum, obumbrantur autem omnes viæ

Caligine & nebulâ, circa cœlum autem fuſæ ſunt tenebræ.

Qui & extendit ſolus cœlum ſtellatum,

Et celeriter ambulavit ſuper ingentem fluctum maris;

Arcturúmque indefeſſum, robúrque Orionis

Fecit, & ſeptenas, quas Pleiadas vocant,

Stellas, imbriferáſque domos Noti humidùm flantis.

Qui ſtupenda opera, inuſitata ſigna oſtendit,

Qui admodum incomprehenſibilia infinita miracula facit.

Propiùs accedens latuit me Deus, eum verò nequeo

Oculis videre aut huc aut illuc euntem.

Facilè aufert: quis illum impediat?

Objurgánsque dicat, Agè nunc, quid hoc eſt quod feciſti?

Si Deus nolit remittere iram, nec perſuaſus ſit

Indignationem deponere, amicitiámque amplecti,

Terribiles auxiliatores & arrogantes viri ſub eo

Steterunt in genua collapſi, tremórque occupavit membra.

Audebo & ego miſer huic contradicere

Selectis ſermonibus, verborúmque contentionem offerre ?

Neque enim etiamſi probus vir & inſons eſſem,

Ipſi altercantibus reſponderem verbis:

At ſupplex eſſem, invocarémque judicem.

Si quidem ego vocavi, Deus aut ẽ em mihi reſpondit ſermone,

At neque ſic confiſus ſum, meam quòd audierit vocem.

Sicut autem quando oritur ſæva venti tempeſtas

Deſuper è nubibus, quæ flatibus ſtridulis

Terram totam flagellat, totum flagellat mare:

Ità me percuſſit Deus celeri ſcuticâ perſequens,

Verberans immoderatè indecoris plagis.

Indefinentibus doloribus transfoſſum nè tantillùm

Reſpirare à calamitate me ſivit, verùm domuit

Amarulentis telis, totúmque me amarum fecit.

Si robur memoro, hic viribus pollet;

Si loquar de æquitate juſtitiâque amabili,

Quis diem dicet, ut ei in judicio occurram ?

Si juſtus ego & inculpatus glorior eſſe,

Lingua mea contra me ſermóque teſtis eſſet.

Aio perfectum me eſſe ? perverſus denuo apparebo.

Verùm etiam inculpatus licèt eſſem, vitam meam non curarem:

Mallem ego nunc mori quàm vivere.

Quamobrem dixi, Perdidit pariter improbum & probum :

Æqualis fors bono, ac ſi valde quis mala faciat;

Mortuus eſt ſimiliter ſceleratúſ q; que vir, quí q; que bona operatus fuit.

Cùm repentè gentes hominum flagello domat,

Etiam deridet pariter innocentis viri ærumnam.

Terræ ſceptrum dedit ſuperbo oppreſſori,

Qui & juridicorum virorum abſcondit faciem,

Cohibens, ut nè jus rectum fiat.

Quòd ſi non iſte, ubi aut quis eſt, qui hæc facit ?

Velocior mihi vita perniciſſimo curſore,

Qui admodum celeriter currit pedibus agilibus confiſus:

Citatim verò tranſiit, tanquam ala, aut cogitatio,

Dies mei avolârunt, & nunquam commodum viderunt.

Tranſierunt navigiis lineas-alas-habentibus ſimiles

Pontigradis, quæ leviter percurrunt mare,

Ocyùs vento, aut à nervo ſagittâ :

Aut ſimiles aquilæ irruenti per nubes obſcuras

Properè, ſicubi aliquam prædam & eſcam reperiat.

Siquando dixi, Parumper mei obliviſcar infortunii,

Deſiſtens à fletu, & in mentem ſpiritum recolligens;

( Nullus enim effectus eſt triſtis luctûs )

Tum vehementer metui in animo dolores ſævos

Plurimos (quot folia & flores naſcuntur vere )

Quibus indefinenter undiquaque mente conſternor.

Etiam hoc ego certò ſcio, quòd me inſontem non dimittes.

Quòd ſi peccator ſum etiamnum, quorſum mihi cor

Incaſſum adeò laboravit inſecto in opere ?

Etſi lotus fuero corpore in nivoſo lavacro,

Et manus alluero & purgavero à me ſordes omnes;

Attamen tu me in foveam præcipitabis, immundúmq; immundúmque reddes,

Cœno & luto inquinatum circa membra

A calce ad caput, ut à cute amarùm ſpirante

Odor diſtillet charam affligens veſtem.

Non enim ille, qualis ego, miſer mortalis, ut confideremq; confideremque

Nec quis hominum qui telluris fructum comedunt,

Ut reſponderem, & ei in judicio adverſarer.

Nec quis ambobus arbiter nobis præſtò eſt,

Qui ſolvat litem reconciliétque nos,

Suis mollibus verbis contentionem & jurgia ſedans,

A verberibus ceſſet, à me virgam ſuam inhibens,

Nec ampliùs divinis me perterrefaciat ſuis terroribus.

Et tum confiſus valde dicere, quodcunque novi,

Volo intrepidè, mente prudenti fretus.

Sed neutiquam mihi tantam deſtinavit Deus felicitatem

Dōloribus Doloribus afflicto: nunc autem oportet tolerare utcunque.

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ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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