Job 17

My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.

Spiritus meus attenuabitur; dies mei breviabuntur : et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.

ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω

I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.

Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.

λίσσομαι κάμνων καὶ τί ποιήσας

Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.

Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.

ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι τίς ἐστιν οὗτος τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω

Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.

Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina : propterea non exaltabuntur.

ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς

He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.

Prædam pollicetur sociis, et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.

τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας ὀφθαλμοὶ δέ μου ἐφ' υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν

He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.

Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi, et exemplum sum coram eis.

ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσιν γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην

My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus, et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt.

πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων

The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.

Stupebunt justi super hoc, et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur.

θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη

And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Et tenebit justus viam suam, et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem.

σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος

Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.

Igitur omnes vos convertimini, et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δή οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές

My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.

Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt, torquentes cor meum.

αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ ἐρράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου

They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.

Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.

νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκαν φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους

If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.

Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.

ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή

I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.

Putredini dixi : Pater meus es; Mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus.

θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν

Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?

Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea? et patientiam meam quis considerat?

ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι

All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?

In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea : putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi?

ἦ μετ' ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα