James Duport, Job, 23.2

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[2] Even if I groan sorely and shed countless tears, yet my wound has become sorer than my groaning. I do not shed as many tears as the grief for which they are worthy.

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).) — 23.2.1 focus

Ὦ, μοι ἐγὼ, ὅττι νῦν μοι ἀδικὴς ἔπλετο μορφὴ

Πικρὸν ὀδυρομένῳ ὑπὲρ ἀλλήκτων ὀδυνάων.

Εἴ γ᾽ ἀδινὸν στενάχω, καὶ δάκρυα μυρία λείβω,

Αὐτὰρ ἐμὸν στεναχῆς ἀδινώτερον ἕλκος ἐτύχθη·

Οὐ τόσα δάκρυα λείβω, ὅσων ἄχος ἄξιον ἔστιν.

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).) — 23.2.1 focus

Hei mihi! quoniam nunc mihi amarulenta fit querela

Acerbè lugenti præ continuis doloribus.

Etſi vehementer ingemo, & lacrymas infinitas fundo,

Veruntamen meum gemitu vehementius vulnus eſt;

Non tot lacrymas fundo, quot dolor dignus eſt.

James Duport Job 23.2

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