Job 13

Behold my eye hath seen all these things, and my ear hath heard them, and I have understood them all.

Ecce omnia hæc vidit oculus meus, et audivit auris mea, et intellexi singula.

ἰδοὺ ταῦτα ἑώρακέν μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ ἀκήκοέν μου τὸ οὖς

According to your knowledge I also know: neither am I inferior to you.

Secundum scientiam vestram et ego novi : nec inferior vestri sum.

καὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν

But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, et disputare cum Deo cupio :

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ' ἐγὼ πρὸς κύριον λαλήσω ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται

Having first shown that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.

prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii, et cultores perversorum dogmatum.

ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες

And I wish you would hold your peace, that you might be thought to be wise men.

Atque utinam taceretis, ut putaremini esse sapientes.

εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς σοφίαν

Hear ye therefore my reproof, and attend to the judgment of my lips.

Audite ergo correptionem meam, et judicium labiorum meorum attendite.

ἀκούσατε ἔλεγχον στόματός μου κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε

Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?

Numquid Deus indiget vestro mendacio, ut pro illo loquamini dolos?

πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι κυρίου λαλεῖτε ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον

Do you accept this person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?

numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini?

ἦ ὑποστελεῖσθε ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γένεσθε

Or shall it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? or shall he be deceived as a man, with your deceitful dealings?

aut placebit ei quem celare nihil potest? aut decipietur, ut homo, vestris fraudulentiis?

καλόν γε ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ

He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.

Ipse vos arguet, quoniam in abscondito faciem ejus accipitis.

οὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσετε

As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.

Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, et terror ejus irruet super vos.

πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς φόβος δὲ παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν

Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.

Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri, et redigentur in lutum cervices vestræ.

ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ἀγαυρίαμα ἴσα σποδῷ τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον

Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.

Tacete paulisper, ut loquar quodcumque mihi mens suggesserit.

κωφεύσατε ἵνα λαλήσω καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ

Why do I tear my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?

Quare lacero carnes meas dentibus meis, et animam meam porto in manibus meis?

ἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί

Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.

Etiam si occiderit me, in ipso sperabo : verumtamen vias meas in conspectu ejus arguam.

ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ

And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.

Et ipse erit salvator meus : non enim veniet in conspectu ejus omnis hypocrita.

καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται

Hear ye my speech, and receive with your ears hidden truths.

Audite sermonem meum, et ænigmata percipite auribus vestris.

ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ῥήματά μου ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων

If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.

Si fuero judicatus, scio quod justus inveniar.

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι

Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?

Quis est qui judicetur mecum? veniat : quare tacens consumor?

τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω

Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:

Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar :

δυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι

Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.

manum tuam longe fac a me, et formido tua non me terreat.

τὴν χεῖρα ἀπ' ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω

Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.

Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi : aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi.

εἶτα καλέσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι ἢ λαλήσεις ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν

How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my crimes and offenses.

Quantas habeo iniquitates et peccata? scelera mea et delicta ostende mihi.

πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ αἱ ἀνομίαι μου δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσίν

Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?

Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?

διὰ τί ἀπ' ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι

Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou showest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.

Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris :

ἦ ὡς φύλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι

For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.

scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ.

ὅτι κατέγραψας κατ' ἐμοῦ κακά περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας

Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:

Posuisti in nervo pedem meum, et observasti omnes semitas meas, et vestigia pedum meorum considerasti :

ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα εἰς δὲ ῥίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου

Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten.

qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.

ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον