ΙΩΒ 17

Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)

Berean Standard Bible

1Ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.

1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

2Λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας;

2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

3ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.

3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

4Ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς.

4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

5Τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας· ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφʼ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν.

5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

6Ἔθου δέ με θρύλλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην.

6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

7Πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.

7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

8Θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη.

8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

9Σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδὸν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος.

9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

10Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δὴ, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές.

10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

11Αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐῤῥάγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου.

11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

12Νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους.

12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

13Ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνοφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.

13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

14Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν.

14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

15Ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπὶς, ἢ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι;

15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

16Ἢ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται; ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα;

16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

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