James Duport, Job, 42.15

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[15] And adorned with beauty and with graces they shone among women, and easily stood out among the field-faring folk. Nor would any of the neighboring maidens have wished to contend with Job's daughters in lovely beauty; To them their father assigned a portion together with their brothers, apportioning it, and gave countless dowries.

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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Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 42.15.1 focus

Κάλλεϊ δ' αὖ χάρισίν τε κεκασμέναι εἰνὶ γυναιξὶν

Ἔστιλβον, καὶ ῥεῖα μετέπρεπον ἀγρομολῇσιν.

Οὐδὲ περικτιόνων τις ἂν ἤθελε παρθενικάων

Θυγατέρεσσιν Ἰῶβος ἐπήρατον εἶδος ἐρίζειν·

Τῇσι πατὴρ ἅμ' ὄπασσε μετ' σφετέροισιν ἀδελφεοῖς

Μοῖραν δασσάμενος, καὶ μυρία δῶκεν ἔεδνα.

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Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 42.15.1 focus

Pulchritudine autem hæ gratiíſ q; que ornatæ inter mulieres

Splendebant, & facilè excellebant congregatas.

Ne q; que finitimarum aliqua poterat virginum

Cùm filiabus Jobi amabili formâ contenderes

Quibus pater unà exhibuit cum ſuis fratribus

Sortem partitus, & innumeras dedit dotes.

James Duport Job 42.15

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