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24ΙΩΒBrenton(Lxx)JOB Revised Standard VersionJOB 24
1διὰ τί δὲ κύριον ἔλαθον ὧραι,
 But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
 "Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
and why do those who know him never see his days?
מַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים [כ= וְיָדְעוּ] [ק= וְיֹדְעָיו] לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָיו׃ 1
2ἀσεβεῖς δὲ ὅριον ὑπερέβησαν ποίμνιον σὺν ποιμένι ἁρπάσαντες;
 while the ungodly have passed over the bound,
carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
 Men remove landmarks;
they seize flocks and pasture them.
גְּבֻלֹות יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעוּ׃ 2
3ὑποζύγιον ὀρφανῶν ἀπήγαγον,
καὶ βοῦν χήρας ἠνεχύρασαν.
 They have led away, the ass of the fatherless,
and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
 They drive away the ass of the fatherless;
they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
חֲמֹור יְתֹומִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שֹׁור אַלְמָנָה׃ 3
4ἐξέκλιναν ἀδυνάτους ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαίας,
ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐκρύβησαν πραεῖς γῆς.
 They have turned aside the weak from the right way:
and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
 They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
יַטּוּ אֶבְיֹונִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָרֶץ׃ 4
5ἀπέβησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὄνοι ἐν ἀγρῷ,
ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐξελθόντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν πρᾶξιν·
ἡδύνθη αὐτῷ ἄρτος εἰς νεωτέρους.
 And they have departed like asses in the field,
having gone forth on my account according to their own order:
his bread is sweet to [his] little ones.
 Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil,
seeking prey in the wilderness as food for their children.
הֵן פְּרָאִים בַּמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם
מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לֹו לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִים׃ 		5
6ἀγρὸν πρὸ ὥρας οὐκ αὐτῶν ὄντα ἐθέρισαν·
ἀδύνατοι δὲ ἀμπελῶνας ἀσεβῶν ἀμισθὶ καὶ ἀσιτὶ ἠργάσαντο.
 They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time:
the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
 They gather their fodder in the field
and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילֹו [כ= יַקְצִירוּ] [ק= יִקְצֹורוּ] וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּשׁוּ׃ 6
7γυμνοὺς πολλοὺς ἐκοίμισαν ἄνευ ἱματίων,
ἀμφίασιν δὲ ψυχῆς αὐτῶν ἀφείλαντο.
 They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes,
and they have taken away the covering of their body.
 They lie all night naked, without clothing,
and have no covering in the cold.
עָרֹום יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָה׃ 7
8ἀπὸ ψεκάδων ὀρέων ὑγραίνονται,
παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σκέπην πέτραν περιεβάλοντο.
 They are wet with the drops of the mountains:
they have embraced the rock,
because they had no shelter.
 They are wet with the rain of the mountains,
and cling to the rock for want of shelter.
מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צוּר׃ 8
9ἥρπασαν ὀρφανὸν ἀπὸ μαστοῦ,
ἐκπεπτωκότα δὲ ἐταπείνωσαν.
 They have snatched the fatherless from the breast,
and have afflicted the outcast.
 (There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
and take in pledge the infant of the poor.)
יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתֹום וְעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּלוּ׃ 9
10γυμνοὺς δὲ ἐκοίμισαν ἀδίκως,
πεινώντων δὲ τὸν ψωμὸν ἀφείλαντο.
 And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing,
and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
 They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;
עָרֹום הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹמֶר׃ 10
11ἐν στενοῖς ἀδίκως ἐνήδρευσαν,
ὁδὸν δὲ δικαίαν οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.
 They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places,
and have not known the righteous way.
 among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil;
they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.
בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָאוּ׃ 11
12οἳ ἐκ πόλεως καὶ οἴκων ἰδίων ἐξεβάλλοντο,
ψυχὴ δὲ νηπίων ἐστέναξεν μέγα,
αὐτὸς δὲ διὰ τί τούτων ἐπισκοπὴν οὐ πεποίηται;
 Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses,
and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
Why then has he not visited these?
 From out of the city the dying groan,
and the soul of the wounded cries for help;
yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
מֵעִיר מְתִים יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ
וֶאֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָה׃ 		12
13ἐπὶ γῆς ὄντων αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν,
ὁδὸν δὲ δικαιοσύνης οὐκ ᾔδεισαν οὐδὲ ἀτραποὺς αὐτῆς ἐπορεύθησαν.
 forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice,
and they knew not the way of righteousness,
neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?
 "There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways,
and do not stay in its paths.
הֵמָּה הָיוּ בְּמֹרְדֵי־אֹור לֹא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו
וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָיו׃ 		13
14γνοὺς δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ ἔργα παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς σκότος,
καὶ νυκτὸς ἔσται ὡς κλέπτης.
 But having known their works,
he delivered them into darkness:
and in the night one will be as a thief:
 The murderer rises in the dark,
that he may kill the poor and needy;
and in the night he is as a thief.
לָאֹור יָקוּם רֹוצֵחַ יִקְטָל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון
וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּב׃ 		14
15καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς μοιχοῦ ἐφύλαξεν σκότος,
λέγων Οὐ προσνοήσει με ὀφθαλμός,
καὶ ἀποκρυβὴν προσώπου ἔθετο.
 and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness,
saying, Eyou shall not perceive me,
and he puts a covering on his face.
 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
saying, 'No eye will see me';
and he disguises his face.
וְעֵין נֹאֵף שָׁמְרָה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן
וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִׂים׃ 		15
16διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας·
ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτούς,
οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς·
 In darkness he digs through houses:
by day they conceal themselves securely:
they know not the light.
 In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יֹוםָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמֹו לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֹור׃ 16
17ὅτι ὁμοθυμαδὸν τὸ πρωῒ αὐτοῖς σκιὰ θανάτου,
ὅτι ἐπιγνώσεται ταραχὰς σκιᾶς θανάτου.
 For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death,
for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.		כִּי יַחְדָּו בֹּקֶר לָמֹו צַלְמָוֶת כִּי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהֹות צַלְמָוֶת׃ 17
18ἐλαφρός ἐστιν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ὕδατος·
καταραθείη ἡ μερὶς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς.
 He is swift on the face of the water:
let his portion be cursed on the earth;
and let their plants be laid bare.
[Zophar] Jb.24.18-25"You say,
"They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters;
their portion is cursed in the land;
no treader turns toward their vineyards.
קַל־הוּא עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם
תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים׃ 		18
19ἀναφανείη δὲ τὰ φυτὰ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ξηρά·
ἀγκαλίδα γὰρ ὀρφανῶν ἥρπασαν.
 [Let them be] withered upon the earth;
for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.
 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאֹול חָטָאוּ׃ 19
20εἶτ ἀνεμνήσθη αὐτοῦ ἡ ἁμαρτία,
ὥσπερ δὲ ὁμίχλη δρόσου ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο·
ἀποδοθείη δὲ αὐτῷ ἃ ἔπραξεν,
συντριβείη δὲ πᾶς ἄδικος ἴσα ξύλῳ ἀνιάτῳ.
 Then is his sin brought to remembrance,
and he vanishes like a vapour of dew:
but let what he has done be recompensed to him,
and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
 The squares of the town forget them;
their name is no longer remembered;
so wickedness is broken like a tree.'
יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם מְתָקֹו רִמָּה עֹוד לֹא־יִזָּכֵר
וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָה׃ 		20
21στεῖραν γὰρ οὐκ εὖ ἐποίησεν καὶ γύναιον οὐκ ἠλέησεν,
 For he has not treated the barren woman well,
and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
 "They feed on the barren childless woman,
and do no good to the widow.
רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִיב׃ 21
22θυμῷ δὲ κατέστρεψεν ἀδυνάτους.
ἀναστὰς τοιγαροῦν οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆς·
 And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless:
therefore when he has arisen,
[a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
 Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
they rise up when they despair of life.
וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחֹו יָקוּם וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּחַיִּין׃ 22
23μαλακισθεὶς μὴ ἐλπιζέτω ὑγιασθῆναι, ἀλλὰ πεσεῖται νόσῳ.
 When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover:
but let him perish by disease.
 He gives them security,
and they are supported;
and his eyes are upon their ways.
יִתֶּן־לֹו לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶם׃ 23
24πολλοὺς γὰρ ἐκάκωσεν τὸ ὕψωμα αὐτοῦ·
ἐμαράνθη δὲ ὥσπερ μολόχη ἐν καύματι,
ἢ ὥσπερ στάχυς ἀπὸ καλάμης αὐτόματος ἀποπεσών.
 For his exaltation has hurt many;
but he has withered as mallows in the heat,
or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
 They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;
they wither and fade like the mallow;
they are cut off like the heads of grain.
רֹומּוּ מְּעַט וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן
וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּלוּ׃		 24
25εἰ δὲ μή, τίς ἐστιν ὁ φάμενος ψευδῆ με λέγειν καὶ θήσει εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ ῥήματά μου;
 But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely,
and will make my words of no account?
 If it is not so, who will prove me a lier,
and show that there is nothing in what I say?"		וְאִם־לֹא אֵפֹו מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִי׃ ס 25
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