Job 9
1 Then Iob answered, and sayd,
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ
3 If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν
5 He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ
6 Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται
7 He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει
8 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης
9 He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου
10 He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
11 Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων
12 Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας
13 God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
14 Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου
15 For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι
16 If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου
17 For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς
18 He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας
19 If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?
ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται
20 If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι
21 Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή
22 This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή
23 If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?
ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται
24 The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν
25 My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.
ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν
26 They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν
27 If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω
28 Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις
29 If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?
ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον
30 If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς
31 Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή
32 For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν
33 Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me:
ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω
35 Then will I speake, and feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι
