James Duport Job 42.3

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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).) — 42.3.1 focus
Τίς ῥ' ὅγε κλέψας μῆτιν ἀϊδρείῃσι νόοιο,
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Νήπιος (ὡς γὰρ ἔφησθα) καὶ οὐ φρεσὶν ἄρτια εἰδώς;
'Αασάμην μὲν ἔγωγε, καὶ οὐ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπον
Πόλλ' ἔτεά τε καὶ ἐκὶ, νόσος δέ τε καὶ τὰ κέλευε,
Νηπιέη τ' ἀλεγεινὴ, ἅτ' οὐκ ἴδον, οὐδ' ἐνόησα,
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Θαύματα πόλλ' ἄρρητα· σὺ γὰρ Θεὸς ἀγκυλομήτης,
"Οὐδέ κέ τις θνητῶν σέο δώσεα εἰρύσαιτο.
"Αὐτὰρ, Ἄναξ, ἐλέαιρε, ἔπος δ' εἴ πέρ τι βέβακται
Δεινὸν, ἄφαρ τὸ φέροιεν ἀναρπάξασαι ἄελλαι.
Translations (1)
Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 42.3.1 focus
Quis hic eſt qui occultat conſilium imperitiâ mentis,
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Stolidus ( ſic enim dixiſti ) & et non in animo ſana ſciens?
Peccavi ſanè ego, & et non rectè dixi
Multa vera, & et non, morbus verò & et iſta juſſit,
Infantiáque miſeranda, quǽque non novi, neque intellexi,
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Miracula multa arcana : tu enim Deus obliqua-conſilia-agitans,
Nec quis mortalium tua conſilia eruat.
At, O Rex, miſereſce, verbum verò ſi aliquod dictum eſt
Grave, ſtatim illud ferant abripientes procellæ.