Job 9
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then Job answered and said:
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·
2Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?
2ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείας οἶδα, ὅτι οὕτως ἐστί· πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ;
3If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
3ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων·
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
4σοφὸς γάρ ἐστι διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας. τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν;
5Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
5ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν, ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ·
6Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων, οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται·
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
7ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει, κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει·
8Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
8ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ᾿ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης·
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ Ἓσπερον καὶ Ἀρκτοῦρον, καὶ ταμιεῖα νότου·
10Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
10ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
11ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με, οὐ μὴ ἴδω· ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με, οὐδ᾿ ὧς ἔγνων.
12Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
12ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ, τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· τί ἐποίησας;
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
13αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν, ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν.
14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
14ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται, ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ρήματά μου·
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
15ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου, τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήομαι·
16If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice —
16ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ, οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέ μου τῆς φωνῆς.
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
17μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ; πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκε διακενῆς·
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
18οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι, ἐνέπλησε δέ με πικρίας.
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
19ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ· τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται;
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
20ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει· ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι.
21I am innocent — I regard not myself, I despise my life.
21εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα, οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ, πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή.
22It is all one — therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
22διὸ εἶπον· μέγα καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή,
23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
23ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ, ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται·
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not He, who then is it?
24παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς. πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει· εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός ἐστι, τίς ἐστιν;
25Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
25ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως· ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν.
26They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
26ἢ καί ἐστι ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν;
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
27ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω, ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν, συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω.
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
28σείομαι πᾶσι τοῖς μέλεσιν, οἶδα γάρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῶόν με ἐάσεις.
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
29ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής, διατί οὐκ ἀπέθανον;
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
30ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς,
31Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31ἱκανῶς ἐν ρύπῳ με ἔβαψας, ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή·
32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
32οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ᾿ ἐμέ, ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι, ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν.
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων·
34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
34ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὴν ράβδον, ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω,
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
35καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῷ, ἀλλὰ λαλήσω· οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι.
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