James Duport, Job, 34.7

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[7] Alas, how then do mortals accuse God? For from that, they say, they are evil; but they themselves, by their own recklessness, have sorrows beyond measure. How there is no other mortal more dream-haunted than Job, who drank reproach and mockery, as when a thirsty man drinks the most gulping water.

Job. James Duport. . .

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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.) — 34 focus

῾ Υπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιοῦς λέγει

Ἀκούσατέ μου, σοφοί

ἐπιστάμενοι, ἐνωτίζεσθε·

ὅτι οὖς λόγους δοκιμάζει, καὶ λάρυγξ γεύεται βρῶσιν.

κρίσιν ἑλώμεθα ἑαυτοῖς,

γνῶμεν ἀνὰ μέσον ἑαυτῶν ὅ τι καλόν.

ὅτι εἴρηκεν Ἰώβ Δίκαιός εἰμι,

ὁ κύριος ἀπήλλαξέν μου τὸ κρίμα.

ἐψεύσατο δὲ τῷ κρίματί μου·

βίαιον τὸ βέλος μου ἄνευ ἀδικίας.

τίς ἀνὴρ ὥσπερ Ἰὼβ, πίνων μυκτηρισμὸν ὥσπερ ὕδωρ;

οὐχ ἁμαρτὼν οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσας, ἤ ὁδοῦ κοινωνήσας μετὰ

ποιούντων τὰ ἄνομα,

τοῦ πορευθῆναι μετὰ ἀσεβῶν.

μὴ γὰρ εἴπῃς ὅτι Οὐκ ἔσται ἐπισκοπὴ ἀνδρός·

καὶ ἐπισκοπὴ αὐτῷ παρὰ Κυρίου.

διό, συνετοὶ καρδίας, ἀκούσατέ μου

Μή μοι εἴη) ἔναντι Κυρίου ἀσεβῆσαι,

καὶ ἔναντι Παντοκράτορος ταράξαι τὸ δίκαιον·

ἀλλὰ ἀποδιδοῖ ἀνθρώπῳ καθὰ ποιεῖ ἕκαστος αὐτῶν,

καὶ ἐν τρίβῳ ἀνδρὸς εὑρήσει αὐτόν.

οἴῃ δὲ τὸν κύριον ἄτοπα ποιήσειν

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ἤ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ταράξει κρίσιν,

ὅς ἐποίησεν τὴν γῆν

τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ὐπʼ οὐρανὸν καὶ τὰ ἐνόντα

πάντα;

εἰ γὰρ βούλοιτο συνέχειν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα παρʼ αὐτῷ κατασχεῖν,

τελευτήσει πᾶσα σὰρξ ὁμοθυμαδόν,

πᾶς δὲ βροτὸς εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσεται ὅθεν καὶ ἐπλάσθη.

εἰ δὲ μὴ νουθετῇ, ἄκουε ταῦτα,

ἐνωτίζου φωνὴν ῥημάτων.

ἴδε σὺ τὸν μισοῦντα ἄνομα καὶ τὸν ὀλλύντα τοὺς πονηρούς,

ὄντα αἰώνιον δίκαιον.

ἀσεβὴς ὁ λέγων βασιλεῖ Παρανομεῖς.

Ἀσεβέστατε, τοῖς ἄρχουσιν·

ὃς οὐκ ἐπαισχυνθῇ πρόσωπον ἐντίμου,

οὐδὲ οἶδεν τιμὴν θέσθαι ἁδροῖς, θαυμασθῆναι πρόσωπα

αὐτῶν.

κενὰ δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀποβήσεται τὸ κεκραγέναι καὶ δεῖσθαι ἀνδρός·

ἐχρήσαντο γὰρ παρανόμως, ἐκκλινομένων ἀδυνάτων.

αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁρατής ἐστιν ἔργων ἀνθρώπων,

λέληθεν δὲ αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ὦν πράσσουσιν·

οὐδὲ ἔσται τόπος τοῦ κρυβῆναι τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὰ ἄνομα·

ὅτι οὐκ ἐπʼ ἄνδρα θήσει ἔτι.

ὁ γὰρ κύριος πάντας ἐφορᾷ,

ὁ καταλαμβάνων ἀνεξιχνίαστα,

ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός·

ὁ γνωρίζων αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα,

καὶ στρέψει νύκτα, καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται.

ἔσβεσεν δὲ ἀσεβεῖς,

ὁρατοὶ δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ·

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δικαιώματα δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν.

τοῦ ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν κραυγὴν πενήτων.

καὶ κραυγὴν πτωχῶν εἰσακούσεται.

καὶ αὐτὸς ἡσυχίαν παρέξει, καὶ τίς καταδικάσεταις

καὶ κρύψει πρόσωπον, καὶ τίς ὄψεται αὐτόν;

καὶ κατὰ ἔθνους καὶ κατὰ ἀνθρώπου ὁμοῦ·

βασιλεύων ἄνθρωπον ὑποκριτὴν ἀπὸ δυσκολίας λαοῦ.

ὅτι πρὸς τὸν ἰσχυρὸν ὁ λέγων Εἴληφα, οὐκ ἐνεχυράσωἄνευ

ἐμαυτοῦ ὄψομαι, σὺ δεῖξόν μοι

εἰ ἀδικίαν ἠργασάμην, οὐ μὴ προσθήσω.

μὴ ἀπὸ σοῦ ἀποτίσει αὐτήν,

ὅτι ἀπώσῃς ὅτι σὺ ἐκλέξῃ καὶ οὐκ ἐγώ·

καὶ τί ἔγνως λάλησον.

διὸ συνετοὶ καρδίας ἐροῦσιν ταῦτα,

ἀνήρ δὲ σοφὸς ἀκήκοέν μου τὸ ῥῆμα.

Ἰὼβ δὲ οὐκ ἐν συνέσει ἐλάλησεν, τὰ δήματα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐν

ἐπιστήμῃ.

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ μάθε. Ἰώβ,

μὴ δῷς ἔτι ἀνταπόκρισιν ὥσπερ οἱ ἄφρονες

ἴνα μὴ προσθῶμεν ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν,

ἀνομία δὲ ἐφʼ ἡμῖν λογισθήσεται, πολλὰ λαλούντων ὀήματα

ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου.

Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 34.7.1 focus

Ὦ πόποι, οἷός δή νυ Θεὸν βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται;

Ἐκ κεῖνο γάρ φατι κάκ' ἔμμεναι· ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ

Σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε' ἔχουσιν.

Ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν Ἴωβος ὀνειρότερος βροτὸς ἄλλος,

Ὅσπερ ἐλεγχείην καὶ μυκτηρισμὸν ἔπινεν,

Ὡς ὅτε διψαλέος τις λαμυρώτατον πίεν ὕδωρ.

Translations (2)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 34 focus

Moreover Elihu answered,

Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

For the ear tries words, As the palate tastes food.

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

For Job has said, I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.

What man is like Job, Who drinks up scoffing like water,

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?

For he has said, It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, From the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

For the work of a man will he render to him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?

If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath;

All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust.

If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?—

Who says to a king, Vile! Or to nobles, Wicked!

Who doesn’t respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.

For his eyes are on the ways of a man, He sees all his goings.

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.

He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place.

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn’t have regard in any of his ways:

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, He heard the cry of the afflicted.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man:

That the godless man may not reign, That there be no one to ensnare the people.

For has any said to God, I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Men of understanding will tell me, Yes, every wise man who hears me:

Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.

I wish that Job were tried to the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.

For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 34.7.1 focus

Papæ! quomodo Deum mortales culpant!

Ex eo enim inquiunt mala eſſe : at illi ipſi

Suâ ſtultitiâ præter fatum dolores patiuntur.

Adeò non eſt Jobo vilior mortalis ullus,

Qui probrum & et ſubſannationem bibit,

Sicut cùm ſitibundus aliquis copioſam bibit aquam.

James Duport Job 34.7

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