James Duport Job 42.8

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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).) — 42.8.1 focus
Ἀλλὰ πίθεσθε καὶ ὔμμες, ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄμεινον,
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Καὶ λάβετ' ἐξ ἀγέλης ἑφθ' εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βῦς
Ὀππιτάχιστα, καὶ ἑπτ' ἀρνειὸς πηγεσιμάλλους·
Καὶ ἴτε δὴ πρὸς Ἴωβον, ἵν' ὑμετέρης ἕνεκ' ἄτης
Ἔρδοιθ' ἱερὰ καλὰ πολυκλαύστων ἐπὶ βωμῶν,
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Καὶ θεράπων μὸς Ἴωβος ἐναίσιμον εὐχετόῳτο,
Εἴ πω ἵλαος ὔμμιν ἑῷ κεχαρισμένα δ' αὐτὸς
Αἰεὶ δῶρα δίδωσιν ἐμοί, νῦν τ' οἶδ' ὅτι δώσει.
Τὸν περὶ κῆρι φίλησα, τίει δέ με ἔξοχος ἄλλων·
Ὅς γὰρ ἐμοὶ ἐπιπείθεται, μάλα τ' ἔκλυον αὐτοῦ.
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Ἄλλως γ' αὖ ὑμέας τάχ' ἐπαυρήσεσθαι όΐω,
Οὕνεκ' ἄρ οὐκ εἰσὶ φρένες ἔμπεδοι, οὐδὲ κατ' αἶσαν,
Ὡς θεράπων μὸς Ἴωβος, ἐμεῦ πέρι μυθήσασθε.
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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).) — 42.8.1 focus
At parete & vos,quandoquidem parere eſt melius,
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Et ſumite ex armento ſeptem flexipedes greſſum-ſinuantes boves
Quàm citiſſimè, & ſeptem arietes villoſos.
Et ite jam ad Jobum, ut veſtræ gratiâ culpæ
Offeratís victimas pulchras ſuper multo-nidore-abundantes
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Et ſervus meus Jobus bono-auſpicio oret, ( aras,
Si fortè propitius vobis ſim: grata autem ipſe
Semper dona dat mihi, jámque ſcio quòd dabit.
Quem ex corde diligo, honorat verò me maximè omnium:
Qui enim mihi obtemperaverit, valde exaudio illum.
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Alioqui ſanè vos ſtatim luituros arbitror,
Quoniam non eſt mens vobis ſana, neque rectè,
Sicut ſervus meus Jobus, de me eſtis locuti.