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Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους, ἐξήγαγε δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου.
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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Job
Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them [away].
Greek · SeptuagintΠλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτὰ, καταστρωννύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά.
Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way they have not known, [saying],
Greek · SeptuagintΔιαλλάσσων καρδίας ἀρχόντων γῆς· ἐπλάνησε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν ὁδῷ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man.
Greek · SeptuagintΨηλαφήσαισαν σκότος καὶ μὴ φῶς, πλανηθείησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ μεθύων.
Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard [them].
Greek · SeptuagintἸδοὺ ταῦτα ἑώρακέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς, καὶ ἀκήκοέ μου τὸ οὖς.
And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε, καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν.
Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ πρὸς Κύριον λαλήσω, ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται.
But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.
Greek · SeptuagintὙμεῖς δὲ ἐστὲ ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι, καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες.
But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι, καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν σοφία.
But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.
Greek · SeptuagintἈκούσατε δὲ ἔλεγχον τοῦ στόματός μου, κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε.
Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?
Greek · SeptuagintΠότερον οὐκ ἔναντι Κυρίου λαλεῖτε, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον;
Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.
Greek · SeptuagintἪ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γίνεσθε.
For [it were] well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things [in your power] ye should attach yourselves to him,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαλὸν γὰρ ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς, εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ,
he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,
Greek · Septuagintοὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς· εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσεσθε,
shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?
Greek · Septuagintπότερον οὐχ ἡ δῖνα αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς; ὁ φόβος δὲ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν,
And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body [like a body] of clay.
Greek · Septuagintἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ γαυρίαμα ἶσα σποδῷ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον.
Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from [mine] anger,
Greek · SeptuagintΚωφεύσατε ἵνα λαλήσω, καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ,
while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
Greek · Septuagintἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσι, ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί.
Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.
Greek · SeptuagintἘάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται, ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ·
And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν, οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται.
Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.
Greek · SeptuagintἈκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ῥήματά μου, ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων.
Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
Greek · SeptuagintἸδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου, οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι.
For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι, ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω;
But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.
Greek · SeptuagintΔυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ, τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι.
Withhold [thine] hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὴν χεῖρα ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου, καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω.
Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι, ἢ λαλήσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν·
How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.
Greek · SeptuagintΠόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ ἀνομίαι μου; δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσί.
Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?
Greek · SeptuagintΔιατί ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ, ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι;
Wilt thou be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ ὡς φῦλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ, ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι;
For thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι κατέγραψας κατʼ ἐμοῦ κακὰ, περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας.
And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.
Greek · SeptuagintἜθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι, ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα, εἰς δὲ ῥίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου.
[I am as] that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.
Greek · SeptuagintὋ παλαιοῦται ἶσα ἀσκῷ, ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον.
For a mortal born of a woman [is] short-lived, and full of wrath.
Greek · SeptuagintΒρότος γὰρ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς, ὀλιγόβιος, καὶ πλήρης ὀργῆς·
Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.
Greek · Septuagintἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν, ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ, καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ.
Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐχὶ καὶ τούτου λόγον ἐποιήσω, καὶ τοῦτον ἐποίησας εἰσελθεῖν ἐν κρίματι ἐνώπιόν σου;
For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἔσται ἀπὸ ῥύπου; ἀλλʼ οὐθεὶς,
if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it].
Greek · Septuagintἐὰν καὶ μία ἡμέρα ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἀριθμητοὶ δὲ μῆνες αὐτοῦ παρʼ αὐτοῦ· εἰς χρόνον ἔθου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπερβῇ.
Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπόστα ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ, καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός.
For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.
Greek · SeptuagintἜστι γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπὶς, ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ, ἔτι ἐπανθήσει, καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλείπῃ.
For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ῥίζα αὐτοῦ, ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ,
it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
Greek · Septuagintτὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει, ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν, ὥσπερ νεόφυτον.
But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο, πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκ ἔτι ἐστί.
For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up.
Greek · SeptuagintΧρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα, ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη.
And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.
Greek · SeptuagintἌνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐ μὴν ἀναστῇ ἕως ἂν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συῤῥαφῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνισθήσονται ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτῶν.
For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ γὰρ ὄφελον ἐν ᾅδῃ με ἐφύλαξας, ἔκρυψας δέ με ἕως ἂν παύσηταί σου ἡ ὀργὴ, καὶ τάξῃ μοι χρόνον ἐν ᾧ μνείαν μου ποιήσῃ.
For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ ἄνθρωπος, ζήσεται συντελέσας ἡμέρας τοῦ βίου αὐτοῦ· ὑπομενῶ ἕως πάλιν γένωμαι;
Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ ἀποποιοῦ.
But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
Greek · SeptuagintἨρίθμησας δέ μου τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ σε οὐδὲν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου;
And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
Greek · SeptuagintἘσφράγισας δέ μου τὰς ἀνομίας ἐν βαλαντίῳ, ἐπεσημῄνω δὲ εἴτι ἄκων παρέβην.
And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ πλὴν ὄρος πίπτον διαπεσεῖται, καὶ πέτρα παλαιωθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς.
The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Greek · SeptuagintΛίθους ἐλέαναν ὕδατα, καὶ κατέκλυσεν ὕδατα ὕπτια τοῦ χώματος τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀπώλεσας.
Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;
Greek · SeptuagintὮσας αὐτὸν εἰς τέλος, καὶ ᾤχετο· ἐπέστησας αὐτῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας,
and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware.
Greek · Septuagintπολλὼν δὲ γενομένων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, οὐκ οἶδεν· ἐὰν δὲ ὀλίγοι γένωνται, οὐκ ἐπέσταται.
But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλʼ ἢ αἱ σάρκες αὐτοῦ ἤλγησαν, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπένθησεν.
Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης, λέγει,
Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,
Greek · SeptuagintΠότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεῦμα, καὶ ἐνέπλησε πόνον γαστρὸς,
reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?
Greek · Septuagintἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ, καὶ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος;
Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον, συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ Κυρίου;
Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.
Greek · SeptuagintἜνοχος εἶ ῥήμασι στόματός σου, οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν.
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.
Greek · SeptuagintἘλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγὼ, τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσι σου.
What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?
Greek · SeptuagintΤί γάρ; μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγεννήθης; ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης;
Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to thee?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ σύνταγμα Κυρίου ἀκήκοας; ἢ συμβούλῳ σοι ἐχρήσατο ὁ Θεός; εἰς δέ σε ἀφίκετο σοφία;
For what knowest thou, that we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?
Greek · SeptuagintΤί γὰρ οἶδας, ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν; ἢ τί συνίεις σὺ, ὃ οὐ καὶ ἡμεῖς;
Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις.
Thou hast been scourged for [but] few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly.
Greek · SeptuagintὈλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι, μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας.
What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes [aimed at],
Greek · SeptuagintΤί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου; ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου,
that thou hast vented [thy] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [thy] mouth?
Greek · Septuagintὅτι θυμὸν ἔῤῥηξας ἔναντι Κυρίου, ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα;
For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just?
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς γὰρ ὢν βροτὸς, ὅτι ἔσται ἅμεμπτος; ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;
Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει, οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.
Greek · SeptuagintἜα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ, πίνων ἀδικίας ἶσα ποτῷ.
But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;
Greek · SeptuagintἈναγγελῶ δέ σοι, ἄκουέ μου, ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα, ἀναγγελῶ σοι,
things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.
Greek · Septuagintἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσι, καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρες αὐτῶν.
To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
Greek · SeptuagintΠᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι, ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ.
And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν, ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή.
Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους, ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου,
And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.
Greek · Septuagintκατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν· οἶδε δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα· ἡμέρα δὲ σκοτεινὴ αὐτὸν στροβήσει,
Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
Greek · Septuagintἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλίψις αὐτὸν καθέξει, ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων·
For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ᾖρκε χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου, ἔναντι δὲ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν.
And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.
Greek · SeptuagintἜδραμε δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει, ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ.
For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησε περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων.
And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.
Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ, οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα· οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν,
Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.
Greek · Septuagintοὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος· τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος, ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος.
Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ, κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ.
His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται, καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ.
And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.
Greek · SeptuagintΤρυγηθείη δὲ ὡς ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας, ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας.
For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
Greek · SeptuagintΜαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος· πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν·
And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν γαστρὶ δὲ λήψεται ὀδύνας, ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενὰ, ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον.
But Job answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
I have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.
Greek · SeptuagintἈκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλὰ, παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες.
What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?
Greek · SeptuagintΤί γάρ; μὴ τάξις ἐστὶ ῥήμασι πνεύματος; ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ;
I also will speak as ye [do]: if indeed your soul were in my [soul's] stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.
Greek · SeptuagintΚᾀγὼ καθʼ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω· εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς, εἶτʼ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασι· κινήσω δὲ καθʼ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν.
And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου, κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι.
For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ λαλήσω, οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω, τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι;
But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.
Greek · SeptuagintΝῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκε μωρὸν σεσηπότα, καὶ ἐπελάβου μου.
My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη, καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου, κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη.
In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
Greek · SeptuagintὈργῇ χρησάμενος κατέβαλέ με, ἔβρυξεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας, βέλη πειρατῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ ἔπεσαν.
He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp [spear] he has smitten me [down] upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
Greek · SeptuagintἈκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο, ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέ με εἰς τὰ γόνατα, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπʼ ἐμοί.
For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
Greek · SeptuagintΠαρέδωκε γάρ με ὁ Κύριος εἰς χείρας ἀδίκων, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔῤῥιψέ με.