Job 6
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1Then Job answered and said:
1Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,
2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
2Εἰ γάρ τις ἱστῶν στήσαι μου τὴν ὀργὴν, τὰς δὲ ὀδύνας μου ἄραι ἐν ζυγῷ ὁμοθυμαδὸν,
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
3καὶ δὴ ἄμμου παραλίας βαρυτέρα ἔσται· ἀλλʼ ὡς ἔοικε τὰ ῥήματά μου ἐστὶ φαῦλα.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
4Βέλη γὰρ Κυρίου ἐν τῷ σώματί μου ἐστὶν, ὧν ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν ἐκπίνει μου τὸ αἷμα· ὅταν ἄρξωμαι λαλεῖν, κεντοῦσί με.
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
5Τί γάρ; μὴ διακενῆς κεκράξεται ὄνος ἄγριος, ἀλλʼ ἢ τὰ σῖτα ζητῶν; εἰ δὲ καὶ ῥήξει φωνὴν βοῦς ἐπὶ φάτνης ἔχων τὰ βρώματα;
6Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
6Εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτος ἄνευ ἁλός; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστι γεῦμα ἐν ῥήμασι κενοῖς;
7My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
7Οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ὀργή· βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος.
8Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
8Εἰ γὰρ δώῃ καὶ ἔλθοι μου ἡ αἴτησις, καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου δώῃ ὁ Κύριος.
9Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
9Ἀρξάμενος ὁ Κύριος τρωσάτω με, εἰς τέλος δὲ μή με ἀνελέτω.
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
10Εἴη δέ μου πόλις τάφος, ἐφʼ ἧς ἐπὶ τειχέων ἡλλόμην, ἐπʼ αὐτῆς οὐ φείσομαι· οὐ γὰρ ἐψευσάμην ῥήματα ἅγια Θεοῦ μου.
11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
11Τίς γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύς, ὅτι ὑπομένω; τίς μου ὁ χρόνος, ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή;
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
12Μὴ ἰσχὺς λίθων ἡ ἰσχύς μου; ἢ αἱ σάρκες μου εἰσὶ χάλκεαι;
13Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
13Ἢ οὐκ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐπεποίθειν; βοήθεια δὲ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἄπεστιν.
14To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
14Ἀπείπατό με ἔλεος, ἐπισκοπὴ δὲ Κυρίου ὑπερεῖδέ με.
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
15Οὐ προσεῖδόν με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου, ὥσπερ χειμάῤῥους ἐκλείπων, ἢ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρῆλθόν με
16Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;
16Οἵτινές με διευλαβοῦντο, νῦν ἐπιπεπτώκασί μοι ὥσπερ χιὼν ἢ κρύσταλλος πεπηγώς·
17What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
17Καθὼς τακεῖσα θέρμης γενομένης, οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη ὅπερ ἦν,
18The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
18οὕτω κᾀγὼ κατελείφηθν ὑπὸ πάντων, ἀπωλόμην δὲ καὶ ἔξοικος ἐγενόμην.
19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
19Ἴδετε ὁδοὺς Θαιμανῶν, ἀτραποὺς, Σαβῶν οἱ διορῶντες.
20They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
20Καὶ αἰσχύνην ὀφειλήσουσιν, οἱ ἐπὶ πόλεσι καὶ χρήμασι πεποιθότες.
21For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
21Ἀτὰρ δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπέβητέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως, ὥστε ἰδόντες τὸ ἐμὸν τραῦμα φοβήθητε.
22Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
22Τί γάρ; μήτι ὑμᾶς ἢτησα, ἢ τῆς παρʼ ὑμῶν ἰσχύος ἐπιδέομαι,
23or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
23ὥστε σῶσαί με ἑξ ἐχθρῶν, ἢ ἐκ χειρὸς δυναστῶν ῥύσασθαί με;
24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
24Διδάξατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ κωφεύσω· εἴ τι πεπλάνημαι, φράσατέ μοι.
25How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
25Ἀλλʼ ὡς ἔοικε φαῦλα ἀληθινοῦ ῥήματα, οὐ γὰρ παρʼ ὑμῶν ἰσχὺν αἰτοῦμαι.
26Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
26Οὐδὲ ἔλεγχος ὑμῶν ῥήμασί με παύσει, οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑμῶν φθέγμα ῥήματος ἀνέξομαι.
27Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
27Πλὴν ὅτι ἐπʼ ὀρφανῷ ἐπιπίπτετε, ἐνάλλεσθε δὲ ἐπὶ φίλῳ ὑμῶν.
28Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
28Νυνὶ δὲ εἰσβλέψας εἰς πρόσωπα ὑμῶν, οὐ ψεύσομαι.
29Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
29Καθίσατε δὴ καὶ μὴ εἴη ἄδικον, καὶ πάλιν τῷ δικαίῳ συνέρχεσθε.
30Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?
30Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γλώσσῃ μουἄδικον, ἢ ὁ λάρυγξ μου οὐχὶ σύνεσιν μελετᾷ.
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