Job 19 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job complains of the cruelty of his friends; he describes his own sufferings: and his belief of a future resurrection.
Book: Job · ← Job 18 · Job 20 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
LA Respondens autem Job, dixit:
EN Then Job answered, and said:
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GR ἕως τίνος ἔγκοπον ποιήσετε ψυχήν μου καὶ καθαιρεῖτε με λόγοις
LA Usquequo affligitis animam meam, et atteritis me sermonibus?
EN How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
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GR γνῶτε μόνον ὅτι ὁ κύριος ἐποίησέ με οὕτως καταλαλεῖτέ μου οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοί με ἐπίκεισθέ μοι
LA En decies confunditis me, et non erubescitis opprimentes me.
EN Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.
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GR ναὶ δὴ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην παρ’ ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος λαλῆσαι ῥῆμα ὃ οὐκ ἔδει τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου πλανᾶται καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ καιροῦ
LA Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.
EN For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.
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GR ἔα δὲ ὅτι ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ μεγαλύνεσθε ἐνάλλεσθε δέ μοι ὀνείδει
LA At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.
EN But you set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.
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GR γνῶτε οὖν ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν
LA Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.
EN At least now understand, that God has not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.
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[!note]- With an equal judgment…
St. Gregory explains these words thus: Job being a just man, and truly considering his own life, thought that his affliction was greater than his sins deserved: and in that respect, that the punishment was not equal, yet it was just, as coming from God, who gives a crown of justice to those who suffer for righteousness’ sake, and proves the just with tribulations, as gold is tried by fire. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἰδοὺ γελῶ ὀνείδει καὶ οὐ λαλήσω κεκράξομαι καὶ οὐδαμοῦ κρίμα
LA Ecce clamabo, vim patiens, et nemo audiet; vociferabor, et non est qui judicet.
EN Behold I shall cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.
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GR κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο
LA Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum: et in calle meo tenebras posuit.
EN He has hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he has set darkness.
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GR τὴν δὲ δόξαν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἐξέδυσεν ἀφεῖλεν δὲ στέφανον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς μου
LA Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.
EN He has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head.
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GR διέσπασέν με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην ἐξέκοψεν δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου
LA Destruxit me undique, et pereo: et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.
EN He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he has taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.
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GR δεινῶς δέ μοι ὀργῇ ἐχρήσατο ἡγήσατο δέ με ὥσπερ ἐχθρόν
LA Iratus est contra me furor ejus, et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum.
EN His wrath is kindled against me, and he has counted me as his enemy.
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GR ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἦλθον τὰ πειρατήρια αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου ἐκύκλωσάν με ἐγκάθετοι
LA Simul venerunt latrones ejus, et fecerunt sibi viam per me, et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum.
EN His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.
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GR ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ δὲ ἀδελφοί μου ἀπέστησαν ἔγνωσαν ἀλλοτρίους ἢ ἐμέ φίλοι δέ μου ἀνελεήμονες γεγόνασιν
LA Fratres meos longe fecit a me, et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me.
EN He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
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GR οὐ προσεποιήσαντό με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου καὶ οἱ εἰδότες μου τὸ ὄνομα ἐπελάθοντό μου
LA Dereliquerunt me propinqui mei, et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei.
EN My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.
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GR γείτονες οἰκίας θεράπαιναί τέ μου ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν
LA Inquilini domus meæ et ancillæ meæ sicut alienum habuerunt me, et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum.
EN They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.
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GR θεράποντά μου ἐκάλεσα καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν στόμα δέ μου ἐδέετο
LA Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit: ore proprio deprecabar illum.
EN I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.
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GR καὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν γυναῖκά μου προσεκαλούμην δὲ κολακεύων υἱοὺς παλλακίδων μου
LA Halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea, et orabam filios uteri mei.
EN My wife has abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.
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GR οἱ δὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνά με ἀπεποιήσαντο ὅταν ἀναστῶ κατ’ ἐμοῦ λαλοῦσιν
LA Stulti quoque despiciebant me: et cum ab eis recessissem, detrahebant mihi.
EN Even fools despised me, and when I had gone from them, they spoke against me.
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GR ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με οἱ εἰδότες με οὓς δὴ ἠγαπήκειν ἐπανέστησάν μοι
LA Abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei, et quem maxime diligebam, aversatus est me.
EN They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I loved most is turned against me.
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GR ἐν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται
LA Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.
EN The flesh being consumed, my bone has cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.
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GR ἐλεήσατέ με ἐλεήσατέ με ὦ φίλοι χεὶρ γὰρ κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μού ἐστιν
LA Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.
EN Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.
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GR διὰ τί δέ με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ κύριος ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε
LA Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini?
EN Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?
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GR τίς γὰρ ἂν δῴη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro
EN Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
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GR ἐν γραφείῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ ἢ ἐν πέτραις ἐγγλυφῆναι
LA stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice?
EN With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?
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GR οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι ἀέναός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων ἐπὶ γῆς
LA Scio enim quod redemptor meus vivit, et in novissimo die de terra surrecturus sum:
EN For I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
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GR ἀναστήσαι τὸ δέρμα μου τὸ ἀνατλῶν ταῦτα παρὰ γὰρ κυρίου ταῦτά μοι συνετελέσθη
LA et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum:
EN And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.
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GR ἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑόρακεν καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ
LA quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.
EN Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ
LA Quare ergo nunc dicitis: Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum?
EN Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?
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GR εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται καὶ τότε γνώσονται ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη
LA Fugite ergo a facie gladii, quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est: et scitote esse judicium.
EN Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know that there is a judgment.
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[!note]- Note
The previous three verses (25-27) show Job’s explicit belief in his Redeemer, and also of the resurrection of the flesh, not as one tree rises in place of another, but that the selfsame flesh shall rise at the last day, by the power of God, changed in quality but not in substance, every one to receive sentence according to his works in this life. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
