| DB1 | | Job. Jb.21.1-34 | Lxx Contents | notes| Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) | : | The Septuagint in English (Brenton) | |
| Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει | Job. Jb.21.1-34Job. Jb.21.1-34 | But Job answered and said, | |
| Ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων, ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ' ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις. | Listen, hear you my words, that I may not have this consolation from you. | ||
| ἄρατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω, εἶτ οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου. | Raise me, and I will speak; then you shall not laugh me to scorn. | ||
| τί γάρ; μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις; ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι; | What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry? | ||
| εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσατε, χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι. | Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek. | ||
| ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ, ἐσπούδακα, ἔχουσιν δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι. | For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh. | ||
| διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσιν, πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ; | Why do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth? | ||
| ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχήν, τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς. | Their seed is according to [their] desire, and their children are in [their] sight. | ||
| οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσιν, φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ, μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς. | Their houses are prosperous, neither [have they] any where [cause for] fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them. | ||
| ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησεν, διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλεν. | Their cow does not cast her calf, and their [beast] with young is safe, and does not miscarry. | ||
| μένουσιν δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια, τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν | And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before [them], | ||
| ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ. | taking up the psaltery and harp; and they rejoice at the voice of a song. | ||
| συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν, ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν. | And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave. | ||
| λέγει δὲ κυρίῳ Ἀπόστα ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι· | Yet [such a man] says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know your ways. | ||
| τί Ἱκανός, ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ; καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ; | What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him? | ||
| ἐν χερσὶν γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθά, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ. | For their good things were in [their] hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly. | ||
| οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται, ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφή, ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς. | Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them. | ||
| ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα πρὸ ἀνέμου ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτός, ὃν ὑφείλατο λαῖλαψ. | And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up. | ||
| ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ· ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται. | Let his substance fail [to supply] his children: [God] shall recompense him, and he shall know it. | ||
| ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγήν, ἀπὸ δὲ κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη· | Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord. | ||
| ὅτι τί θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτόν; καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν. | For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off. | ||
| πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην; αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ. | Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders? | ||
| οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ, ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν· | One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous; | ||
| τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ πλήρη στέατος, μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται. | and his inwards are full of fat, and his marrow is diffused [throughout him]. | ||
| ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν. | And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing. | ||
| ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται, σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν. | But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them. | ||
| ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι· | So I know you, that you presumptuously attack me: | ||
| ὅτι ἐρεῖτε Ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος; καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν; | so that you will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly? | ||
| ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδόν, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε· | Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens. | ||
| ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρός, εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται. | For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance. | ||
| τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ; καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν, τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ; | Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done [it]? who shall recompense him? | ||
| καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη, καὶ ἐπὶ σορῷ ἠγρύπνησεν. | And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps. | ||
| ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάρρου, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι. | The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and [there are] innumerable [ones] before him. | ||
| πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά; τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφ' ὑμῶν οὐδέν. | How then do you comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation. | ||