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When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέ με· λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλε, κατέστησέ με ὥσπερ σκοπόν.
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Job
They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing [me] they poured out my gall upon the ground.
Greek · SeptuagintἘκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου, οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου·
They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in [their] might.
Greek · SeptuagintΚατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι, ἔδραμον πρὸς μὲ δυνάμενοι.
They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
Greek · SeptuagintΣάκκον ἔῤῥαψαν ἐπὶ βύρσης μου, τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη.
My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ γαστήρ μου συγκέκαυται ἀπὸ κλαυθμοῦ, ἐπὶ δὲ βλεφάροις μου σκιά.
Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Greek · SeptuagintἌδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσί μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.
Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Greek · SeptuagintΓῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφʼ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.
And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὁ μάρτυς μου, ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοις.
Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
Greek · SeptuagintἈφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.
Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even [as] the son of man with his neighbour!
Greek · SeptuagintΕἴη δὲ ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὶ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
Greek · SeptuagintἜτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ ἥκασιν, ὁδῷ δὲ ᾗ οὐκ ἐπαναστραφήσομαι, πορεύσομαι.
I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
Greek · SeptuagintὈλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.
Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
Greek · SeptuagintΛίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας;
Who is this? let him join hands with me.
Greek · Septuagintἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.
For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς.
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
Greek · SeptuagintΤῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας· ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφʼ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν.
But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
Greek · SeptuagintἜθου δέ με θρύλλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην.
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
Greek · SeptuagintΠεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
Greek · SeptuagintΘαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη.
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
Greek · SeptuagintΣχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδὸν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος.
Howbeit, do ye all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δὴ, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές.
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐῤῥάγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου.
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Greek · SeptuagintΝύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους.
For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνοφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
Greek · SeptuagintΘάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν.
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
Greek · SeptuagintΠοῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπὶς, ἢ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι;
Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb?
Greek · SeptuagintἪ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται; ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα;
Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης, λέγει,
How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak.
Greek · SeptuagintΜέχρι τίνος οὐ παύσῃ; ἐπίσχες, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ λαλήσωμεν.
For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?
Greek · SeptuagintΔιατί δὲ ὥσπερ τετράποδα σεσιωπήκαμεν ἐναντίον σου;
Anger has possessed thee: for what if thou shouldest die; would [the earth] under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?
Greek · SeptuagintΚέχρηταί σοι ὀργή· τί γὰρ ἐὰν σὺ ἀποθάνῃς, ἀοίκητος ἡ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν; ἢ καταστραφήσεται ὄρη ἐκ θεμελίων;
But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ φῶς ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῶν ἡ φλόξ.
His light [shall be] darkness in [his] habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ σκότος ἐν διαίτῃ, ὁ δὲ λύχνος ἐπʼ αὐτῷ σβεσθήσεται.
Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive [him].
Greek · SeptuagintΘηρεύσαισαν ἐλάχιστοι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ· σφάλαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡ βουλή.
His foot also has been caught in a snare, [and] let it be entangled in a net.
Greek · SeptuagintἘμβέβληται δὲ ὁ ποῦς αὐτοῦ ἐν παγίδι, ἐν δικτύῳ ἑλιχθείη.
And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.
Greek · SeptuagintἜλθοισαν δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν παγίδες, κατισχύσει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν διψῶντας.
His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.
Greek · SeptuagintΚέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ σύλληψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβον.
Let pains destroy him round about, and let many [enemies] come about him,
Greek · SeptuagintΚύκλῳ ὀλέσαισαν αὐτὸν ὀδύναι· πολλοὶ δὲ περὶ πόδα αὐτοῦ ἔλθοισαν ἐν λιμῷ στενῷ·
[vex him] with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.
Greek · Septuagintπτῶμα δὲ αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασται ἐξαίσιον.
Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.
Greek · SeptuagintΒρωθείησαν αὐτοῦ κλῶνες ποδῶν, κατέδεται δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὡραῖα θάνατος.
And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.
Greek · SeptuagintἘκραγείη δέ ἐκ διαίτης αὐτοῦ ἴασις, σχοίη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη αἰτίᾳ βασιλικῇ.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.
Greek · SeptuagintΚατασκηνώσει ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ, κατασπαρήσονται τὰ εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ θείῳ.
His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.
Greek · SeptuagintὙποκάτωθεν αἱ ῥίζαι αὐτοῦ ξηρανθήσονται, καὶ ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται θερισμὸς αὐτοῦ.
Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆς, καὶ ὑπάρξει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω.
Let [one] drive him from light into darkness.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπώσειεν αὐτὸν ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος.
He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἔσται ἐπίγνωστος ἐν λαῷ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ σεσωσμένος ἐν τῇ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ.
But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλʼ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ζήσονται ἕτεροι· ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐστέναξαν ἔσχατοι, πρώτους δὲ ἔσχε θαῦμα.
These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ οἶκοι ἀδίκων, οὗτος δὲ ὁ τόπος τῶν μὴ εἰδότων τὸν Κύριον.
Then Job answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus.
Greek · SeptuagintἝως τίνος ἔγκοπον ποιήσετε ψυχήν μου, καὶ καθαιρεῖτέ με λόγοις; γνῶτε μόνον ὅτι ὁ Κύριος ἐποίησέ με οὕτως.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαταλαλεῖτέ μου, οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοί με ἐπίκεισθέ μοι.
Yea verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself)
Greek · SeptuagintΝαὶ δὴ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην, παρʼ ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος·
But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.
Greek · SeptuagintἜα δὲ, ὅτι ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ μεγαλύνεσθε, ἐνάλλεσθε δέ μοι ὀνείδει.
Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], and has raised his bulwark against me.
Greek · SeptuagintΓνῶτε οὖν ὅτι Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας, ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν.
Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: [or] I will cry out, but [there is] nowhere judgment.
Greek · SeptuagintἸδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει, οὐ λαλήσω· κεκράξομαι, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα.
I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.
Greek · SeptuagintΚύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ· ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο.
And he has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὴν δὲ δόξαν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξέδυσεν, ἀφεῖλε δὲ στέφανον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς μου.
He has torn me round about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιέσπασέ με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην, ἐξέκοψε δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου.
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.
Greek · SeptuagintΔεινῶς δέ μοι ὀργῇ ἐχρήσατο, ἡγήσατο δέ με ὥσπερ ἐχθρόν.
His troops also came upon me with one accord, liers in wait compassed my ways.
Greek · SeptuagintὉμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἦλθον τὰ πειρατήρια αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ, ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου ἐκύκλωσαν ἐγκάθετοι.
My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognised strangers [rather] than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπʼ ἐμοῦ ἀδελφοί μου ἀπέστησαν, ἔγνωσαν ἀλλοτρίους ἢ ἐμέ· φίλοι δέ μου ἀνελεήμονες γεγόνασιν·
My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ προσεποιήσαντό με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου, καὶ οἱ εἰδότες μου τὸ ὄνομα ἐπελάθοντό μου.
[As for] my household, and my maid-servants, I was a stranger before them.
Greek · SeptuagintΓείτονες οἰκίας, θεράπαιναί τε μοῦ, ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν.
I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated [him].
Greek · SeptuagintΘεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσε· στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο.
And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν γυναῖκά μου, προσεκαλούμην δὲ καλακευων υἱοὺς παλλακίδων μου·
But they rejected me for ever; whenever I rise up, they speak against me.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά με ἀπεποιήσαντο, ὅταν ἀναστῶ, κατʼ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν.
They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
Greek · SeptuagintἘβδελύξαντό με οἱ ἰδόντες με· οὓς δὴ ἠγαπήκειν, ἐπανέστησάν μοι.
My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in [my] teeth.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται.
Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.
Greek · SeptuagintἘλεήσατέ με, ἐλεήσατέ με, ὦ φίλοι, χεὶρ γὰρ Κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μου ἐστί.
Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord [does], and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Greek · SeptuagintΔιατί με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ Κύριος; ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε;
For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book for ever,
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς γὰρ ἂν δοίη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου, τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks!
Greek · Septuagintἐν γραφείῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ, ἢ ἐν πέτραις ἐγγλυφῆναι;
For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,
Greek · SeptuagintΟἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ἀένναός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων,
[and] to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these [sufferings]: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
Greek · Septuagintἐπὶ γῆς ἀναστῆσαι τὸ δέρμα μου τὸ ἀναντλοῦν ταῦτα· παρὰ γὰρ Κυρίου ταῦτά μοι συνετελέσθη,
which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in [my] bosom.
Greek · Septuagintἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι, ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑώρακε, καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος, πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ.
But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, and [so] find the root of the matter in him?
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε, τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ;
Do ye also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.
Greek · SeptuagintΕὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος, θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπʼ ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται· καὶ τότε γνώσονται, ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη
Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφὰρ ὁ Μιναῖος, λέγει,
I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα, καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ ἐγώ.
I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
Greek · SeptuagintΠαιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι, καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκρίνεταί μοι.
Hast thou [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ταῦτα ἔγνως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτι, ἀφʼ οὗ ἐτέθη ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;
But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
Greek · SeptuagintΕὐφροσύνη δὲ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον, χαρμονὴ δὲ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια·
although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
Greek · Septuagintἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα, ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται.
For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
Greek · SeptuagintὍταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι, τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται· οἱ δὲ εἰδότες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσι, ποῦ ἐστιν;
Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
Greek · SeptuagintὭσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ, ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν.
The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.
Greek · SeptuagintὈφθαλμὸς παρέβλεψε, καὶ οὐ προσθήσει, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι προσνοήσει αὐτὸν ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ.
Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
Greek · SeptuagintΤοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας.
His bones have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Greek · SeptuagintὈστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται.
Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will hide it under his tongue;
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία, κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ,
though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
Greek · Septuagintοὐ φείσεται αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτήν· καὶ συνάξει αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάρυγγος αὐτοῦ,
yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ· χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ.
[His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of wrath] shall drag him out of his house.
Greek · SeptuagintΠλοῦτος ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεθήσεται, ἐξ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἐξελκύσει αὐτὸν ἄγγελος.
And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.
Greek · SeptuagintΘυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν, ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως.
Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἴδοι ἄμελξιν νομάδων, μηδὲ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου.
He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασε, πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται· ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος, ἀκατάποτος.
For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not.
Greek · SeptuagintΠολλῶν γὰρ δυνατῶν οἴκους ἔθλασε· δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασε, καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν.
There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ σωτηρία τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν, ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται.
There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόλειμμα τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ, διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀγαθά.
But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.
Greek · SeptuagintὍταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι, θλιβήσεται, πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται.
If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἴ πῶς εἶ πληρῶσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ, ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπʼ αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆς, νίψαι ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὀδύνας,