James Duport, Job, 42.3

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Τίς ῥ' ὅγε κλέψας μῆτιν ἀϊδρείῃσι νόοιο,

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,

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.

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.

Translations (2)

English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 42.3 focus

[3] Who is this that hides counsel with ignorance of mind, foolish (as you said) and not knowing things aright in his thoughts? I erred myself, and I did not speak according to what is right — many years and even so; and disease and those things commanded it, and painful folly, things which I did not see nor understand, many unspeakable wonders. For you are a God of crooked counsel; nor could any mortal draw back your gifts. But, O Lord, have mercy, and if any dreadful word has been spoken, let the storm-winds snatch it up and carry it off at once.

Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 42.3 focus

Quis hic eſt qui occultat conſilium imperitiâ mentis,

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,

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.

James Duport Job 42.3

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