Job 31

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Job 31

1I made a covenant with my eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.Διαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον.

2Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?Καὶ τί ἐμέρισεν ὁ Θεὸς ἄνωθεν, καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων;

3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.Οὐαί, ἀπώλεια τῷ ἀδίκῳ, καὶ ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς ποιοῦσιν ἀνομίαν.

4Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?Οὐχὶ αὐτὸς ὄψεται ὁδόν μου, καὶ πάντα τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐξαριθμήσεται;

5But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:Εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον·

6(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)Ἕσταμαι γὰρ ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ, οἶδε δὲ ὁ Κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου·

7if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if my heart has followed my eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;Εἰ ἐξέκλινεν ὁ πούς μου ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ, εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ ἐπηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου, εἰ δὲ καὶ ταῖς χερσί μου ἡψάμην δώρων,

8then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.σπείραιμι ἄρα καὶ ἄλλοι φάγοισαν, ἄῤῥιζος δὲ γενοίμην ἐπὶ γῆς.

9If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;Εἰ ἐξηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου, εἰ καὶ ἐγκάθετος ἐγενόμην ἐπὶ θύραις αὐτῆς,

10then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ, τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη.

11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man's wife.Θυμὸς γὰρ ὀργῆς ἀκατάσχετος, τὸ μιᾶναι ἀνδρὸς γυναῖκα.

12For it is a fire burning on every side, and whoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.Πῦρ γάρ ἐστι καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν, οὗδʼ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν.

13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης, κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρὸς μὲ,

14what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?τί γὰρ ποιήσω ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιῆται ὁ Κύριος; ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν τινα, ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι;

15Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yes, we were formed in the same womb.Πότερον οὐχ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐν γαστρὶ, καὶ ἐκεῖνοι γεγόνασι; γεγόναμεν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κοιλίᾳ.

16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.Ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτε εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα·

17And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸν ψωμόν μου ἔφαγον μόνος, καὶ οὐχὶ ὀρφανῷ μετέδωκα·

18(for I nourished them as a father from my youth and guided them from my mother's womb.)Ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ, καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα·

19And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;Εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον, καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα αὐτόν·

20and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;Ἀδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με, ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μοῦ ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν·

21if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:Εἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα, πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια περίεστιν·

22let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.Ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός, ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνος συντριβείη.

23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I can’t bear up by reason of his burden.Φόβος γὰρ Κυρίου συνέσχε με, ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω.

24If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;Εἰ ἔταξα χρυσίον εἰς χοῦν μου, εἰ δὲ καὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ ἐπεποίθησα,

25and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:εἰ δὲ καὶ εὐφράνθην πολλοῦ πλούτου μου γενομένου, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπʼ ἀναριθμήτοις ἐθέμην χεῖρά μου·

26(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)Ἢ οὐχ ὁρῶμεν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιθαύσκοντα ἐκλείποντα, σελήνην δὲ φθίνουσαν; οὐ γὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἐστί·

27and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:Καὶ εἰ ἠπατήθη λάθρα ἡ καρδία μου, εἰ δὲ χεῖρά μου ἐπιθεὶς ἐπὶ στόματί μου ἐφίλησα.

28let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High.Καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἄρα ἀνομία ἡ μεγίστη λογισθείη, ὅτι ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου.

29And if too I was glad at the fall of my enemies, and my heart said, Aha!Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου, καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου, εὖγε.

30let then my ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.Ἀκούσαι ἄρα τὸ οὖς μου τὴν κατάραν μου, θρυληθείην δὲ ἄρα ὑπὸ λαοῦ μου κακούμενος.

31And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:Εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλάκις εἶπον αἱ θεράπαιναί μου, τίς ἄν δῴη ἡμῖν τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ πλησθῆναι; λίαν μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος·

32for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)Ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος, ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο·

33or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἁμαρτὼν ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου·

34(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:Οὐ γὰρ διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους, τοῦ μὴ ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν· εἰ δὲ καὶ εἴασα ἀδύνατον ἐξελθεῖν θύραν μου κόλπῳ κενῷ·

35(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,Τίς δῴη ἀκούοντά μου; χεῖρα δὲ Κυρίου εἰ μὴ ἐδεδοίκειν· συγγραφὴν δὲ ἣν εἶχον κατά τινος,

36I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.ἐπʼ ὤμοις ἂν περιθέμενος στέφανον ἀνεγίνωσκον,

37And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:καὶ εἰ μὴ ῥῆξας αὐτὴν ἀπέδωκα, οὐθὲν λαβὼν παρὰ χρεωφειλέτου·

38If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;Εἰ ἐπʼ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν, εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·

39and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking anything from him:Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς, εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκλαβὼν ἐλύπησα·

40then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.Ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη, ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος. Καὶ ἐπαύσατο Ἰὼβ ῥήμασιν.