James Duport, Job, 11.5

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[5] Would that an Immortal had spoken clearly to you face to face, pouring from his throat a truthful voice, and announcing to you the mysteries of divine wisdom!

Job. James Duport. . .

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

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Ἰώβ First1KGreek (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.) — 11 focus

᾿γπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφὰρ ὁ Μειναῖος λέγει

Ὁ τὰ πολλὰ λέγων καὶ ἀντακούσεται·

ἤ καὶ ὁ εὔλαλος οἴεται εἶναι δίκαιος

εὐλογημένος γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος.

μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασιν γίνου,

οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἀντικρινόμενός σοι.

μὴ γὰρ λέγε ὅτι Καθαρός εἰμι τοῖς ἔργοις

καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.

ἀλλὰ πῶς ἂν ὁ κύριος λαλήσαι πρὸς σέ;

καὶ ἀνοίξει χείλη αὐτοῦ μετὰ σοῦ;

εἶτα ἀναγγελεῖ σοι δύναμιν σοφίας.

ὅτι διπλοῦς ἔσται τῶν κατὰ σέ·

καὶ τότε γνώσῃ ὅτι ἄξιά σοι ἀπέβη ἀπὸ Κυρίου ὧν ἡμάρτηκας

ἤ ἴχνος Κυρίου εὑρήσεις;

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ἢ εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα ἀφίκου ἄ ἐποίησεν ὁ παντοκράτωρ;

ὑψηλὸς ὁ οὐρανός, καὶ τἰ ποιήσεις;

βαθύτερα δὲ τῶν ἐν ᾅδου· τἰ οἰδας;

ἤ μακρότερα μέτρου γῆς

ἤ εὔρους θαλάσσης.

ὲὰαταστρέψῃ τὰ πάντα, τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ Γί ἐποίησας;

αὐτὸς γὰρ οἶδεν ἔργα ἀνόμων,

ἰδὼν δὲ ἄτοπα οὐ παρόψεται.

ἄνθρωπος δὲ ἄλλως νήχεται λόγοις·

βροτὸς δέ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ἴσα ἄνῳ ἐρημίτῃ.

εἰ γὰρ σὺ καθαρὰν ἔθου τὴν καρδίαν σου,

ὑπτιάζεις δέ χεῖρας πρὸς αὐτόν·

εἰ ἄνομόν τί ἐστιν ἐν χερσίν σου,

πόρρω ποίησον αὐτὸ ἀπὸ σοῦ,

ἀδικία δὲ ἐν διαίτῃ σου μὴ αὐλισθήτω.

οὕτως γὰρ ἀναλάμψει σου τὸ πρόσωπον ὥσπερ ὕδωρ καθαρόν,

ἐκδύσῃ δὲ ῥύπον καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς·

καὶ τὸν κόπον ἐπιλήσῃ

ὥσπερ κῦμα παρελθόν, καὶ οὐ πτοηθήσῃ·

ἡ δὲ εὐχή σου ὥσπερ ἑωσφόρος.

ἐκ δὲ μεσημβρίας ἀνατελεῖ σοι ζωή·

πεποιθώς τε ἔσῃ ὅτι ἔστιν σοι ἐλπίς,

ἐκ δὲ μερίμνης καὶ φροντίδος ἀναφανεῖταί σοι εἰρήνη.

ἡσυχάσεις γάρ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ πολεμῶν σε·

μεταβαλόμενοι δὲ πολλοί σου δεηθήσονται.

σωτηρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπολείψει·

ἡ γὰρ ἐλπὶς αὐτῶν ἀπώλεια,

ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν τακήσονται.

Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 11.5.1 focus

Ὡς ὄφελ' Ἀθάνατός σοι ἀριφραδὲς ἀντίον εἰπεῖν,

Ἱερὸν ἐκ λαιμοῖο χέων νημερτέα φωνήν,

Translations (2)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 11 focus

Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

For you say, My doctrine is pure, I am clean in your eyes.

But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,

That he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

They are high as heaven. What can you do? Deeper than Sheol: what can you know?

The measure of it is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

If he passes by, or confines, Or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey’s colt.

If you set your heart aright, Stretch out your hands toward him.

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:

For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,

Life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

You shall be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; Yes, many shall court your favor.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 11.5.1 focus

Utinam Immortalis tibi manifeſtè ex adverſo dicat,

Sancto ex ore fundens veram vocem,

James Duport Job 11.5

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