Job 16

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Job 16

1But Job answered and said,Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,

2I have heard many such things: poor comforters are you all.Ἀκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλὰ, παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες.

3What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder you from answering?Τί γάρ; μὴ τάξις ἐστὶ ῥήμασι πνεύματος; ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ;

4I also will speak as you do: if indeed your soul were in my soul's stead,Κᾀγὼ καθʼ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω· εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς, εἶτʼ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασι· κινήσω δὲ καθʼ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν.

5then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.Εἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου, κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι.

6And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.Ἐὰν γὰρ λαλήσω, οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω, τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι;

7For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?Νῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκε μωρὸν σεσηπότα, καὶ ἐπελάβου μου.

8But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and you have laid hold of me.Εἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη, καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου, κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη.

9My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.Ὀργῇ χρησάμενος κατέβαλέ με, ἔβρυξεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας, βέλη πειρατῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ ἔπεσαν.

10In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.Ἀκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο, ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέ με εἰς τὰ γόνατα, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπʼ ἐμοί.

11He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has struck me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.Παρέδωκε γάρ με ὁ Κύριος εἰς χείρας ἀδίκων, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔῤῥιψέ με.

12For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.Εἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέ με· λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλε, κατέστησέ με ὥσπερ σκοπόν.

13When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark.Ἐκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου, οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου·

14They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.Κατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι, ἔδραμον πρὸς μὲ δυνάμενοι.

15They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in their might.Σάκκον ἔῤῥαψαν ἐπὶ βύρσης μου, τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη.

16They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.Ἡ γαστήρ μου συγκέκαυται ἀπὸ κλαυθμοῦ, ἐπὶ δὲ βλεφάροις μου σκιά.

17My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.Ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσί μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.

18Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.Γῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφʼ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.

19Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὁ μάρτυς μου, ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοις.

20And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.Ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.

21Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let my eye weep before him.Εἴη δὲ ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὶ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.

22Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbor!Ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ ἥκασιν, ὁδῷ δὲ ᾗ οὐκ ἐπαναστραφήσομαι, πορεύσομαι.

23But my years are numbered and their end come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.