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Εἴ πω ἵλαος ὔμμιν ἑῷ κεχαρισμένα δ' αὐτὸς
Job. James Duport. . .
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Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) (Greek) (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).)
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
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English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 42.8 focus
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But you too, be persuaded, since to obey is better, and take from the herd seven oxen, rolling-footed, curved-horned, as fast as possible, and seven rams, thick-fleeced.
And go now to Job, so that on account of your folly you may perform noble sacrifices upon much-lamented altars, and my servant Job may pray duly, if perhaps he may be gracious to you and himself give acceptable gifts always to me; and now I know that he will give.
Him I loved with all my heart, and he honors me, preeminent above others.
For whoever obeys me, I have heard him well.
Otherwise again I think that you will soon have your fill, because your minds are not steadfast, nor according to what is right, as my servant Job — you have spoken about me.
Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 42.8.7 focus
Si fortè propitius vobis ſim: grata autem ipſe