Job 27

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:

ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

Vivit Deus, qui abstulit judicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.

ζῇ κύριος ὃς οὕτω με κέκρικεν καὶ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁ πικράνας μου τὴν ψυχήν

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,

ἦ μὴν ἔτι τῆς πνοῆς μου ἐνούσης πνεῦμα δὲ θεῖον τὸ περιόν μοι ἐν ῥισίν

My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.

μὴ λαλήσειν τὰ χείλη μου ἄνομα οὐδὲ ἡ ψυχή μου μελετήσει ἄδικα

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem : donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.

μή μοι εἴη δικαίους ὑμᾶς ἀποφῆναι ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνω οὐ γὰρ ἀπαλλάξω μου τὴν ἀκακίαν

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

Justificationem meam, quam cœpi tenere, non deseram : neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.

δικαιοσύνῃ δὲ προσέχων οὐ μὴ προῶμαι οὐ γὰρ σύνοιδα ἐμαυτῷ ἄτοπα πράξας

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

Sit ut impius, inimicus meus, et adversarius meus quasi iniquus.

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ εἴησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου ὥσπερ ἡ καταστροφὴ τῶν ἀσεβῶν καὶ οἱ ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐπανιστανόμενοι ὥσπερ ἡ ἀπώλεια τῶν παρανόμων

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ, si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam ejus?

καὶ τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἐλπὶς ἀσεβεῖ ὅτι ἐπέχει πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ κύριον ἆρα σωθήσεται

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Numquid Deus audiet clamorem ejus, cum venerit super eum angustia?

ἦ τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ εἰσακούσεται κύριος ἢ ἐπελθούσης αὐτῷ ἀνάγκης

Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?

μὴ ἔχει τινὰ παρρησίαν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ ἢ ὡς ἐπικαλεσαμένου αὐτοῦ εἰσακούσεται αὐτοῦ

I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

Docebo vos per manum Dei quæ Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.

ἀλλὰ δὴ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν τί ἐστιν ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου ἅ ἐστιν παρὰ παντοκράτορι οὐ ψεύσομαι

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

Ecce vos omnes nostis : et quid sine causa vana loquimini?

ἰδοὺ δὴ πάντες οἴδατε ὅτι κενὰ κενοῖς ἐπιβάλλετε

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.

αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ κυρίου κτῆμα δὲ δυναστῶν ἐλεύσεται παρὰ παντοκράτορος ἐπ' αὐτούς

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

Si multiplicati fuerint filii ejus, in gladio erunt, et nepotes ejus non saturabuntur pane :

ἐὰν δὲ πολλοὶ γένωνται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς σφαγὴν ἔσονται ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀνδρωθῶσιν προσαιτήσουσιν

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

qui reliqui fuerint ex eo sepelientur in interitu, et viduæ illius non plorabunt.

οἱ δὲ περιόντες αὐτοῦ ἐν θανάτῳ τελευτήσουσιν χήρας δὲ αὐτῶν οὐθεὶς ἐλεήσει

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta :

ἐὰν συναγάγῃ ὥσπερ γῆν ἀργύριον ἴσα δὲ πηλῷ ἑτοιμάσῃ χρυσίον

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

præparabit quidem, sed justus vestietur illis, et argentum innocens dividet.

ταῦτα πάντα δίκαιοι περιποιήσονται τὰ δὲ χρήματα αὐτοῦ ἀληθινοὶ καθέξουσιν

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.

ἀπέβη δὲ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σῆτες καὶ ὥσπερ ἀράχνη

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

Dives, cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet : aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.

πλούσιος κοιμηθεὶς καὶ οὐ προσθήσει ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διήνοιξεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:

Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia : nocte opprimet eum tempestas.

συνήντησαν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὕδωρ αἱ ὀδύναι νυκτὶ δὲ ὑφείλατο αὐτὸν γνόφος

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.

ἀναλήμψεται αὐτὸν καύσων καὶ ἀπελεύσεται καὶ λικμήσει αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

Et mittet super eum, et non parcet : de manu ejus fugiens fugiet.

καὶ ἐπιρρίψει ἐπ' αὐτὸν καὶ οὐ φείσεται ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ φυγῇ φεύξεται

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.

Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum ejus.

κροτήσει ἐπ' αὐτοῦ χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ συριεῖ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ