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[My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ ῥίζα διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος, καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου.
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Job
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow prospered in his hand.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ δόξα μου κενὴ μετʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύεται.
[Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
Greek · SeptuagintἘμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον, ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ.
At my word they spoke not again, and they were very glad whenever I spoke to them.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπὶ τῷ ἐμῷ ῥήματι οὐ προσέθεντο, περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν.
As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech.
Greek · SeptuagintὭσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.
Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτοὺς, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσι, καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων, καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις, ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν.
But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in [their] turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy [to be with] my shepherd dogs.
Greek · SeptuagintΝυνὶ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι, νῦν νουθετοῦσί με ἐν μέρει, ὧν ἐξουδένουν τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν, οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων.
Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term [of life] was lost.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἱνατί μοι; ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια.
[One is] childless in want and famine, [such as] they that fled but lately the distress and misery of drought.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος, οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν.
Who compass the salt places on the sounding [shore], who had salt [herbs] for their food, and were dishonourable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ περικυκλοῦντες ἄλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι, οἵτινες ἄλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα, ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι, ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ, οἳ καὶ ῥὶζας ξύλων ἐμασσῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου.
Thieves have risen up against me,
Greek · SeptuagintἘπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται,
whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs.
Greek · Septuagintὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν·
They will cry out among the rustling [bushes].
Greek · SeptuagintἈναμέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο.
[They are] sons of fools and vile men, [whose] name and glory [are] quenched from off the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintἈφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων, ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς.
But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word.
Greek · SeptuagintΝυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλλημα ἔχουσιν.
And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face.
Greek · SeptuagintἘβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακρὰν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον.
For he has opened his quiver and afflicted me: they also have cast off the restraint of my presence.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέ με, καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλεν.
They have risen up against [me] on the right hand of [their] offspring; they have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐπανέστησαν, πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν, καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ· τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν.
My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου, ἐξέδυσαν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν·
And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
Greek · Septuagintβέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέ με. Κέκριται δέ μοι ὡς βούλεται, ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι.
My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπιστρέφονταί μου αἱ ὀδύναι, ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα, καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου.
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ νῦν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου, ἔχουσιν δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν.
And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed.
Greek · SeptuagintΝυκτὶ δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέχυται, τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται.
With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν πολλῇ ἰσχύϊ ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς, ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχε με.
And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion is in dust and ashes.
Greek · SeptuagintἭγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ, ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς.
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
Greek · SeptuagintΚέκραγα δὲ πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ ἀκούεις μου, ἔστησαν δὲ καὶ κατενόησάν με.
They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπέβησαν δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως, χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας.
And thou hast put me to grief, and hast cast me away from safety.
Greek · SeptuagintἜταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις, καὶ ἀπέῤῥιψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας.
For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει, οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ.
Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι, ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου, καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο.
Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
Greek · SeptuagintἘγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα, ἐστέναξα ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις·
But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me.
Greek · Septuagintἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς, ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν.
My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσε καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται, προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας.
I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.
Greek · SeptuagintΣτένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ, ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς.
I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.
Greek · SeptuagintἈδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων, ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν.
And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος.
My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπέβη δὲ εἰς πένθος μου ἡ κιθάρα, ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί.
I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον.
Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ τί ἐμέρισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἄνωθεν, καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων;
Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐαί, ἀπώλεια τῷ ἀδίκῳ, καὶ ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς ποιοῦσιν ἀνομίαν.
Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐχὶ αὐτὸς ὄψεται ὁδόν μου, καὶ πάντα τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐξαριθμήσεται;
But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον·
(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)
Greek · SeptuagintἝσταμαι γὰρ ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ, οἶδε δὲ ὁ Κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου·
if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἐξέκλινεν ὁ πούς μου ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ, εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ ἐπηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου, εἰ δὲ καὶ ταῖς χερσί μου ἡψάμην δώρων,
then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.
Greek · Septuagintσπείραιμι ἄρα καὶ ἄλλοι φάγοισαν, ἄῤῥιζος δὲ γενοίμην ἐπὶ γῆς.
If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἐξηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου, εἰ καὶ ἐγκάθετος ἐγενόμην ἐπὶ θύραις αὐτῆς,
then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
Greek · Septuagintἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ, τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη.
For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.
Greek · SeptuagintΘυμὸς γὰρ ὀργῆς ἀκατάσχετος, τὸ μιᾶναι ἀνδρὸς γυναῖκα.
For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
Greek · SeptuagintΠῦρ γάρ ἐστι καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν, οὗδʼ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν.
And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης, κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρὸς μὲ,
what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?
Greek · Septuagintτί γὰρ ποιήσω ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιῆται ὁ Κύριος; ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν τινα, ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι;
Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.
Greek · SeptuagintΠότερον οὐχ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐν γαστρὶ, καὶ ἐκεῖνοι γεγόνασι; γεγόναμεν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κοιλίᾳ.
But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
Greek · SeptuagintἈδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτε εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα·
And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ τὸν ψωμόν μου ἔφαγον μόνος, καὶ οὐχὶ ὀρφανῷ μετέδωκα·
(for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth, and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ, καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·
And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον, καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα αὐτόν·
and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
Greek · SeptuagintἈδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με, ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μοῦ ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν·
if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα, πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια περίεστιν·
let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Greek · SeptuagintἈποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός, ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνος συντριβείη.
For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.
Greek · SeptuagintΦόβος γὰρ Κυρίου συνέσχε με, ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω.
If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἔταξα χρυσίον εἰς χοῦν μου, εἰ δὲ καὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ ἐπεποίθησα,
and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:
Greek · Septuagintεἰ δὲ καὶ εὐφράνθην πολλοῦ πλούτου μου γενομένου, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπʼ ἀναριθμήτοις ἐθέμην χεῖρά μου·
(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]:)
Greek · SeptuagintἪ οὐχ ὁρῶμεν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιθαύσκοντα ἐκλείποντα, σελήνην δὲ φθίνουσαν; οὐ γὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἐστί·
and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ εἰ ἠπατήθη λάθρα ἡ καρδία μου, εἰ δὲ χεῖρά μου ἐπιθεὶς ἐπὶ στόματί μου ἐφίλησα.
let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ τοῦτό μοι ἄρα ἀνομία ἡ μεγίστη λογισθείη, ὅτι ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου.
And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου, καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου, εὖγε.
let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a by-word among my people in my affliction.
Greek · SeptuagintἈκούσαι ἄρα τὸ οὖς μου τὴν κατάραν μου, θρυληθείην δὲ ἄρα ὑπὸ λαοῦ μου κακούμενος.
And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ πολλάκις εἶπον αἱ θεράπαιναί μου, τίς ἄν δῴη ἡμῖν τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ πλησθῆναι; λίαν μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος·
for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)
Greek · SeptuagintἜξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος, ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο·
or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ ἁμαρτὼν ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου·
(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ γὰρ διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους, τοῦ μὴ ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν· εἰ δὲ καὶ εἴασα ἀδύνατον ἐξελθεῖν θύραν μου κόλπῳ κενῷ·
(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one,
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς δῴη ἀκούοντά μου; χεῖρα δὲ Κυρίου εἰ μὴ ἐδεδοίκειν· συγγραφὴν δὲ ἣν εἶχον κατά τινος,
I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
Greek · Septuagintἐπʼ ὤμοις ἂν περιθέμενος στέφανον ἀνεγίνωσκον,
And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ εἰ μὴ ῥῆξας αὐτὴν ἀπέδωκα, οὐθὲν λαβὼν παρὰ χρεωφειλέτου·
If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἐπʼ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν, εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·
and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [aught] from [him]:
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς, εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκλαβὼν ἐλύπησα·
then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.
Greek · SeptuagintἈντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη, ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος. Καὶ ἐπαύσατο Ἰὼβ ῥήμασιν.
And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them.
Greek · SeptuagintἩσύχασαν δὲ καὶ οἱ τρεῖς φίλοι αὐτοῦ ἔτι ἀντειπεῖν Ἰὼβ, ἦν γὰρ Ἰὼβ δίκαιος ἐναντίον αὐτῶν.
Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintὨργίσθη δὲ Ἐλιοὺς ὁ τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ ὁ Βουζίτης ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Ῥὰμ, τῆς Αὐσίτιδος χώρας· ὠργίσθη δὲ τῷ Ἰὼβ σφόδρα, διότι ἀπέφῃνεν ἑαυτὸν δίκαιον ἐναντίον Κυρίου·
And he was also very angry with [his] three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ κατὰ τῶν τριῶν δὲ φίλων ὠργίσθη σφόδρα, διότι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν ἀποκριθῆναι ἀντίθετα Ἰὼβ, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτὸν εἶναι ἀσεβῆ.
But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he.
Greek · SeptuagintἘλιοὺς δὲ ὑπέμεινε δοῦναι ἀπόκρισιν Ἰὼβ, ὅτι πρεσβύτεροι αὐτοῦ εἰσιν ἡμέραις.
And Elius saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men; and he was angered in his wrath.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ εἶδεν Ἐλιοὺς, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπόκρισις ἐν στόματι τῶν τριῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ.
And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and ye are elder; wherefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge.
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιοὺς ὁ τοῦ Βαραχιὴλ ὁ Βουζίτης, εἶπε, Νεώτερος μέν εἰμι τῷ χρόνῳ, ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε πρεσβύτεροι, διὸ ἡσύχασα φοβηθεὶς τοῦ ὑμῖν ἀναγγεῖλαι τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιστήμην.
And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years [men] know wisdom:
Greek · SeptuagintΕἶπα δὲ, ὅτι οὐχ ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶν ὁ λαλῶν, ἐν πολλοῖς δὲ ἔτεσιν οἴδασι σοφίαν.
but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἐν βροτοῖς· πνοὴ δὲ παντοκράτορός ἐστιν ἡ διδάσκουσα.
The long-lived are not wise [as such]; neither do the aged know judgment.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐχ οἱ πολυχρόνιοί εἰσι σοφοὶ, οὐδʼ οἱ γέροντες οἴδασι κρίμα.
Wherefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιὸ εἶπα, ἀκούσατέ μου, καὶ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν ἃ οἶδα.
Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until ye shall have tried [the matter] with words:
Greek · SeptuagintἘνωτίζεσθέ μου τὰ ῥήματα· ἐρῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων ἄχρις οὗ ἐτάσητε λόγουις,
and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument,
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ μέχρι ὑμῶν συνήσω, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν τῷ Ἰὼβ ἐλέγχων ἀνταποκρινόμενος ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐξ ὑμῶν·
lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.
Greek · Septuagintἵνα μὴ εἴπητε, εὕρομεν σοφίαν Κυρίῳ προσθέμενοι.
And ye have commissioned a man to speak such words.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνθρώπῳ δὲ ἐπετρέψατε λαλῆσαι τοιαῦτα ῥήματα.
They were afraid, they answered no longer; they gave up their speaking.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπτοήθησαν, οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν ἔτι, ἐπαλαίωσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν λόγους.
I waited, (for I had not spoken,) because they stood still, they answered not.
Greek · SeptuagintὙπέμεινα, οὐ γὰρ ἐλάλησα, ὅτι ἔστησαν, οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν.
And Elius continued, and said, I will again speak,
Greek · SeptuagintὙπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιοῦς, λέγει,
for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me.
Greek · Septuagintπάλιν λαλήσω, πλήρης γάρ εἰμι ῥημάτων, ὀλέκει γάρ με τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς γαστρός.
And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine bound up [and] ready to burst; or as a brazier's labouring bellows.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ δὲ γαστήρ μου ὥσπερ ἀσκὸς γλεύκους ζέων δεδεμένος, ἢ ὥσπερ φυσητὴρ χαλκέως ἐῤῥηγώς.
I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.
Greek · SeptuagintΛαλήσω, ἵνα ἀναπαύσωμαι ἀνοίξας τὰ χείλη,
For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.
Greek · Septuagintἄνθρωπον γὰρ οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ, ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ βροτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐντραπῶ.
For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ γὰρ ἐπίσταμαι θαυμάσαι πρόσωπα· εἰ δὲ μὴ, καὶ ἐμὲ σῆτες ἔδονται.