| ΙΩΒ | << Job: 23 >> | The Septuagint (Brenton) | |
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| 1 | Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει | Job. Jb.23.1-24.17 | Then Job answered and said, |
| 2 | Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπ' ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ. | Yes, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. | |
| 3 | τίς δ' ἄρα γνοίη ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος; | Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end [of the matter]? | |
| 4 | εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα, τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαιμι ἐλέγχων· | And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments. | |
| 5 | γνῴην δὲ ῥήματα, ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ, αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ. | And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me. | |
| 6 | καὶ εἰ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι, εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται· | Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, then he would not threaten me; | |
| 7 | ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρ' αὐτοῦ, ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου. | for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end. | |
| 8 | εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμί· τὰ δὲ ἐπ' ἐσχάτοις τί οἶδα; | For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end? | |
| 9 | ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον· περιβαλεῖ δεξιά, καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι. | When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it]. | |
| 10 | οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου, διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον. | For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold. | |
| 11 | ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ· ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω. | And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, | |
| 12 | ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω, ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ. | neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom. | |
| 13 | εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ; ὃ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν, καὶ ἐποίησεν. | And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed [a thing] and done it. | |
| 14 | διὰ τοῦτο ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα· νουθετούμενος δὲ ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ. | Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him. | |
| 15 | Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου, ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με. | But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief: | |
| 16 | Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου, ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με. | But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me. | |
| 17 | οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος, πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος. | For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered [me] before my face. | |