Job. James Duport. . .
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Ideo in pulvere obrectus
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et in cinere
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Latin (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) (Latin) (Duport's facing Latin translation of his Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).)
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
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Homeric Greek (James Duport, 1676) (OCR draft) Experimental (James Duport, Threnothriambos: a Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job (1676).) — 42.6.4 focus
Τὔνεκά τ' ἐν κονίῃ εἰλυμένος ἠδ' ἐνὶ τέφρῃ
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English (DeepSeek, 2026) (OCR draft) Experimental (Machine-assisted English translation of James Duport's Homeric Greek verse paraphrase of Job.) — 42.6 focus
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Therefore I loathed myself, being foolish, seeing what I have done, like a fool, since I am the most shameful among men.
But since I erred, trusting in wretched thoughts, therefore, wrapped in dust and in ashes, rolling over and over, I now come to you and to your knees, grieving as I weep, and I am greatly distressed, at how I erred.
Woe is me, wretched that I am!
But do you put on a gracious heart.