James Duport, Job, 23.12

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[12] Nor did my heart, blameless, shrink from the commandments which the Father enjoined, but he set a holy ordinance from it; As a treasure in the bosom, whatever came from him through the mouth, this is more precious to me than a portion of food, which it befits me to receive, or a portion of food, and barley, the marrow of men.

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.) — 23 focus

῾Υπολαβὼν δὲ ᾿ Ιὼβ λέγει

Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν,

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καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπʼ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ.

τίς δʼ ἄρα γνοίη ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος;

εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα,

τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαι ἐλέγχων·

γνῴην δὲ ἰάματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ,

αἰσθοίμην δέ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ.

καὶ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι·

εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται.

ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρʼ αὐτοῦ,

ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου.

εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμί,

τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις, τί οἶδα ;

ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον,

περιβαλεῖ δεξιὰ καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι.

οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου,

διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον.

ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ,

ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω·

ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω,

ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥ;γνατα αὐτοῦ.

εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ ;

ὃ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν, καὶ ἐποίησεν.

διὰ τοῦτο ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα·

νουθετούμενος δὲ ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ.

ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ·

κατανοήσω, καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου,

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ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με.

οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος,

πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος.

Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 23.12.1 focus

Οὐδέ μοι ἄμμορρος κραδίη ἀπεχάζετ' ἐφετμέων

Ἄς ἐπέτελλε Πατὴρ, ζάθεον δ' ἀπὸ θεσμὸν ἔθηκε·

Οἷά τε ἐν κόλπῳ κειμήλιον, ὅττι παρ' αὐτοῦ

Ἦλθε διὰ στόματος, τόδε μοι προφερέστερόν ἐστιν

Ἠὲ μέρος σίτοιο, τό μοι ἐπέοικε νέμεσθαι,

Ἠῢ μέρος σίτοιο, καὶ ἄλφιτα, μυελὸς ἀνδρῶν.

Translations (2)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 23 focus

Then Job answered,

Even today is my complaint rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can’t find him;

He works to the north, but I can’t see him; He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 23.12.1 focus

Nec mihi retrogradum cor receſſit à mandatis

Quæ præcepit Pater, divinam verò legem repoſui

Veluti in ſinu theſaurum: quicquid ejus

Proceſſerit ex ore, id mihi ſatius eſt

Portione cibi, quam mihi convenit diſtribui,

Suavi portione cibi, & farinâ, medullâ hominum.

James Duport Job 23.12

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