Job 14
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
1Βρότος γὰρ γεννητὸς γυναικὸς, ὀλιγόβιος, καὶ πλήρης ὀργῆς·
2He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
2ἢ ὥσπερ ἄνθος ἀνθῆσαν ἐξέπεσεν, ἀπέδρα δὲ ὥσπερ σκιὰ, καὶ οὐ μὴ στῇ.
3And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
3Οὐχὶ καὶ τούτου λόγον ἐποιήσω, καὶ τοῦτον ἐποίησας εἰσελθεῖν ἐν κρίματι ἐνώπιόν σου;
4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
4Τίς γὰρ καθαρὸς ἔσται ἀπὸ ῥύπου; ἀλλʼ οὐθεὶς,
5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
5ἐὰν καὶ μία ἡμέρα ὁ βίος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἀριθμητοὶ δὲ μῆνες αὐτοῦ παρʼ αὐτοῦ· εἰς χρόνον ἔθου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑπερβῇ.
6Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
6Ἀπόστα ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἡσυχάσῃ, καὶ εὐδοκήσῃ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ ὁ μισθωτός.
7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
7Ἔστι γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπὶς, ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ, ἔτι ἐπανθήσει, καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλείπῃ.
8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
8Ἐὰν γὰρ γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ῥίζα αὐτοῦ, ἐν δὲ πέτρᾳ τελευτήσῃ,
9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
9τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει, ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν, ὥσπερ νεόφυτον.
10But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?
10Ἀνὴρ δὲ τελευτήσας ᾤχετο, πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκ ἔτι ἐστί.
11As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;
11Χρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα, ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη.
12So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
12Ἄνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐ μὴν ἀναστῇ ἕως ἂν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συῤῥαφῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξυπνισθήσονται ἐξ ὕπνου αὐτῶν.
13Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! —
13Εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον ἐν ᾅδῃ με ἐφύλαξας, ἔκρυψας δέ με ἕως ἂν παύσηταί σου ἡ ὀργὴ, καὶ τάξῃ μοι χρόνον ἐν ᾧ μνείαν μου ποιήσῃ.
14If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come —
14Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ ἄνθρωπος, ζήσεται συντελέσας ἡμέρας τοῦ βίου αὐτοῦ· ὑπομενῶ ἕως πάλιν γένωμαι;
15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
15Εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ ἀποποιοῦ.
16But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
16Ἠρίθμησας δέ μου τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα, καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ σε οὐδὲν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου;
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
17Ἐσφράγισας δέ μου τὰς ἀνομίας ἐν βαλαντίῳ, ἐπεσημῄνω δὲ εἴτι ἄκων παρέβην.
18And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
18Καὶ πλὴν ὄρος πίπτον διαπεσεῖται, καὶ πέτρα παλαιωθήσεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῆς.
19The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
19Λίθους ἐλέαναν ὕδατα, καὶ κατέκλυσεν ὕδατα ὕπτια τοῦ χώματος τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀπώλεσας.
20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
20Ὦσας αὐτὸν εἰς τέλος, καὶ ᾤχετο· ἐπέστησας αὐτῷ τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας,
21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
21πολλὼν δὲ γενομένων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, οὐκ οἶδεν· ἐὰν δὲ ὀλίγοι γένωνται, οὐκ ἐπέσταται.
22But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.
22Ἀλλʼ ἢ αἱ σάρκες αὐτοῦ ἤλγησαν, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπένθησεν.
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