< Job 17 >

1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
λίσσομαι κάμνων καὶ τί ποιήσας
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι τίς ἐστιν οὗτος τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας ὀφθαλμοὶ δέ μου ἐφ’ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and as one before whom men spit.
ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσιν γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων
8 Upright men shall be appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δή οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ ἐρράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκαν φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους
13 If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. (Sheol h7585)
ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή (Sheol h7585)
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι
16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. (Sheol h7585)
ἦ μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα (Sheol h7585)

< Job 17 >