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23ΙΩΒBrenton(Lxx)JOB Revised Standard VersionJOB 23
1Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
 Then Job answered and said,
Job. Jb.23.1-24.17Then Job answered:וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ 1
2Καὶ 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.
 "Today also my complaint is bitter,
his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
גַּם־הַיֹּום מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי׃ 2
3τίς 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]?
 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his seat!
מִי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבֹוא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֹו׃ 3
4εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα,
τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαιμι ἐλέγχων·
 And I would plead my own cause,
and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
 I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תֹוכָחֹות׃ 4
5γνῴην 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.
 I would learn what he would answer me,
and understand what he would say to me.
אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִי׃ 5
6καὶ 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;
 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would give heed to me.
הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּי׃ 6
7ἀλήθεια 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.
 There an upright man could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.
שָׁם יָשָׁר נֹוכָח עִמֹּו וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִי׃ 7
8εἰς 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?
 "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחֹור וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו׃ 8
9ἀριστερὰ 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].
 on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him;
I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.
שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתֹו וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה׃ 9
10οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου,
διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον.
 For he knows already my way;
and he has tried me as gold.
 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
כִּי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא׃ 10
11ἐξελεύσομαι 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,
 My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
בַּאֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכֹּו שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָט׃ 11
12ἀπὸ 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.
 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִיו׃ 12
13εἰ 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.
 But he is unchangeable and who can turn him?
What he desires, that he does.
וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ׃ 13
14διὰ 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.
 Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבֹּוןֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ׃ 15
15Κύριος 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:
 For he will complete what he appoints for me;
and many such things are in his mind.
כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבֹּות עִמֹּו׃ 14
16Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου, ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με.
 But the Lord has softened my heart,
and the Almighty has troubled me.
 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי׃
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17οὐ 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.
 for I am hemmed in by darkness,
and thick darkness covers my face.		כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל׃ 17
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