James Duport, Job, 36.31

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[31] For often the Father is accustomed to punish humans with thick clouds for grievous transgression, on a summer day, when a great rainstorm with a wondrous squall comes upon them, and the works of humans diminish. And often again he nourishes the life-giving grain with clouds. As long as there are waterings through thick drops ever freshly coming from a hollow cloud, and they fly from heaven upon the spring flowers, and some swarm here in abundance, and others there, so long will great abundance of all fruits be about to come afterward, and the threshing floors weigh heavy greatly.

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.)

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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.) — 36 focus

Προσθεὶς δὲ Ἐλιοῦς ἔτι λέγει

Μεῖνόν με μικρὸν ἔτι ἵνα διδάξω σε·

ἔτι γὰρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστιν λέξις.

ἀναλαβὼν τὴν ἐπιστήμην μου μακράν,

¹²

ἔργοις δέ μου δίκαια ἐρῶ ἐπʼ ἀληθεἰς

καὶ οὐκ ἄδικα

ῥήματα·

ἀδίκως συνίεις.

γίγνωσκε δὲ ὅτι ὁ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον,

δυνατὸς ἰσχύι καρδίας

ἀσεβῆ οὐ μὴ ζωοποιήσει,

καὶ κρίμα πτωχῶν δώσει.

οὐκ ἀφελεῖ ἀπὸ δικαἰου ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ,

καὶ μετὰ βασιλέων εἰς θρόνον

καὶ καθιεῖ αὐτοὺς εἰς νῖκος, καὶ ὑψωθήσονται.

καὶ οἱ πεπεδημένοι ἐν χειροπέδαις συσχεθήσονται ἐν σχοινίοις

πενίας·

καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν

καὶ τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἰσχύσουσιν.

ἀλλὰ τοῦ δικαίου εἰσακούσεται·

καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐπιστραφήσονται ἐξ ἀδικίας.

ἐὰν ἀκούσωσιν καὶ δουλεύσωσιν,

συντελέσουσιν τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτῶν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς,

καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν ἐν εὐπρεπείαις.

ἀσεβεῖς δὲ οὐ διασώζει, παρὰ τὸ μὴ βούλεσθαι εἰδέναι αὐτοὺς

τὸν κύριον,

καὶ διότι νουθετούμενοι ἀνήκοοι ἦσαν.

καὶ ὑποκριταὶ καρδίᾳ τάξουσιν θυμόν·

οὐ βοήσονται, ὅτι ἔδησεν αὐτούς.

ἀποθάνοι τοίνυν ἐν νεότητι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν,

ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτῶν τιτρωσκομένη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλων,

ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ἔδλιψαν ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἀδύνατον·

κρίμα δὲ πρᾳέων ἐκθήσει.

καὶ προσεπιηπάτησέν σε ἐκ στόματος ἐχθροῦ

ἄβυσσος, κατάχυσις ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς,

καὶ κατέβη τράπεζά σου πλήρης πιότητος.

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οὐχ ὑστερήσει δὲ ἀπὸ δικαίων κρίμα.

θυμὸς δὲ ἐπʼ ἀσεβεῖς ἔσται,

δι ἀσέβειαν δώρων ὧν ἐδέχοντο ἐπʼ ἀδικίαις.

μή σε ἐκκλινάτω ἑκὼν ὁ νοῦς

δεήσεως ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὄνταων ἀδυνάτων,

καὶ πάντας τοὺς κραταιοῦντας ἰσχύν.

μὴ ἐξελκύσῃς τὴν νύκτα,

τοῦ ἀναβῆναι λαοὺς ἀντʼ αὐτῶν·

ἀλλὰ φύλαξαι μὴ πράξῃς ἄδικα·

ἐπὶ τοῦτον γὰρ ἐξείλω ἀπὸ πτωχείας.

δοῦ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς κραταιώσει ἐν ἰσχύι αὐτοῦ·

τίς γάρ ἐστιν κατʼ αὐτὸν δυνάστης;

τἰε δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἐτάζων αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργας

ἡ τίς ὁ εἴπας Ἔπραξεν ἄδικα;

μνήσθητι ὅτι μεγάλα ἐστὶν αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα

ὧν ρξαν ἄνδρες·

πᾶς ἄνθρωπος εἶδεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ,

ὅσοι τιτρωσκόμενοί εἰσιν βροτοί.

δοῦ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς πολύς, καὶ οὐ γνωσόμεθαἀριθμὸς

ἐτῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέραντος.

ἀριθμηταὶ δὲ αὐτῷ σταγόνες ὑετοῦ,

καὶ ἐπιχυθήσονται ὑετῷ εἰς νεφέλην·

ὄυήσονται παλαιώματα,

ἐσκίασεν δὲ νέφη ἐπὶ ἀμυθήτῳ βροτῷ.

ᵃ ὥραν ἔθετο κτήνεσιν,

οἴδασιν δὲ κοίτης τάξιν.

ᵇἐπὶ ὶ τούτοις πᾶσιν οὐκ ἐξίσταταί σου ἡ διάνοια,

οὐδὲ διαλλάσσεταί σου ἡ καρδία ἀπὸ σώματος

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καὶ ἐὰν συνῇ ἀπεκτάσεις νεφέλης, ἰσότητα σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ,

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ἰδοὸ ἐκτενεῖ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἡ ᾠδή,

καὶ ῥιζώματα τῆς θαλάσσης ἐκάλυψεν.

ἐν γὰρ αὐτοῖς κρινεῖ λαούς,

δώσει τροφὴν τῷ ἀκούοντι.

ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἐκάλυψεν φῶς,

καὶ ἐνετείλατο περὶ αὐτῆς ἐν ἀπαντῶντι·

ἀναγγελεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ φίλον αὐτοῦ·

Κύριος κτῆσις καὶ περὶ ἀδικίας.

Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 36.31.1 focus

Πολλάκι γάρ τ᾽ εἴωθε Πατὴρ πυκινοῖσι νέφεσσιν

Ἀνθρώπους τίσασθαι ὑπερβασίης ἀλεγεινῆς,

Ἤματ᾽ ὀπωρινῷ, ὅτ᾽ ἐπιβείσῃ μέγας ὄμβρος

Λαίλαπι θεσπεσίῃ, μινύθει δέ τε ἔργ᾽ ἀνθρώπων·

Πολλάκι δ᾽ αὖ νέφεσι τρεφίμνορα σῖτον ὀφέλλει·

Ὄφρα γε ἀρδμοὶ εἰσὶ διὰ ψακάδων ἁδινάων

Κοίλης ἐκ νεφέλης αἰεὶ νέον ἐρχομενάων,

Οὐρανόθεν δὲ πέτονται ἐπ᾽ ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν,

Αἱ μὲν τ᾽ ἔνθα ἅλις πεποτήαται, αἱ δέ τε ἔνθα,

Τόφρα μάλ᾽ εὐθενίη μέλλει μετόπισθε γενέσθαι

Καρπῶν παντοίων, μέγα δ᾽ βρίθουσιν ἀλωαί.

Translations (2)

Job Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 36 focus

Elihu also continued, and said,

Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God’s behalf.

I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted.

If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions,

Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.

If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

But if they don’t listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.

But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?

Don’t desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, You have committed unrighteousness?

Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,

Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.

Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?

Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 36.31.1 focus

Sæpe enim ſolet Pater denſis nubibus

Homines punire ob transgreſſionem gravem,

Die autumnali, cùm ingruit magnus imber

Turbine ingenti, minuuntur autem opera hominum:

Sæpe autem viciſſim nubibus viros-alentem cibum auget:

Quando enim irrigationes ſunt per guttas frequentes

Cava ex nube ſemper recèns venientes,

Cœlitus autem volant ſuper floribus vernis,

Et aliæ hàc confertim volant, aliæ illàc,

Tum admodum abundantia poſtmodum futura eſt

Fructuum omnigenorum, affatim autem onuſta-ſunt arva.

James Duport Job 36.31

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