Job 30 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job shows the wonderful change of his temporal estate, from welfare to great calamity.
Book: Job · ← Job 29 · Job 31 →
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GR νυνὶ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι νῦν νουθετοῦσίν με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν πατέρας αὐτῶν οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην εἶναι ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων
LA Nunc autem derident me juniores tempore, quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei:
EN But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:
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[!note]- But now the younger in time…
That is, younger than I am, and as it were obscure, when I was conspicuous and in magnificence; they now look down on me. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα τί μοι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια
LA quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo, et vita ipsa putabantur indigni:
EN The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.
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GR ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν
LA egestate et fame steriles, qui rodebant in solitudine, squallentes calamitate et miseria.
EN Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.
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GR οἱ περικλῶντες ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι οἵτινες ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ οἳ καὶ ῥίζας ξύλων ἐμασῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου
LA Et mandebant herbas, et arborum cortices, et radix juniperorum erat cibus eorum:
EN And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
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GR ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται
LA qui de convallibus ista rapientes, cum singula reperissent, ad ea cum clamore currebant.
EN Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.
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GR ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν
LA In desertis habitabant torrentium, et in cavernis terræ, vel super glaream:
EN They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.
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GR ἀνὰ μέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο
LA qui inter hujuscemodi lætabantur, et esse sub sentibus delicias computabant:
EN They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.
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GR ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς
LA filii stultorum et ignobilium, et in terra penitus non parentes.
EN The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
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GR νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλημα ἔχουσιν
LA Nunc in eorum canticum versus sum, et factus sum eis in proverbium.
EN Now I am turned into their song, and have become their byword.
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GR ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακράν ἀπὸ δὲ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον
LA Abominantur me, et longe fugiunt a me, et faciem meam conspuere non verentur.
EN They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.
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GR ἀνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέν με καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλαν
LA Pharetram enim suam aperuit, et afflixit me, et frenum posuit in os meum.
EN For he has opened his quiver, and has afflicted me, and has put a bridle into my mouth.
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GR ἐπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐπανέστησαν πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν
LA Ad dexteram orientis calamitates meæ illico surrexerunt: pedes meos subverterunt, et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis.
EN At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.
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GR ἐξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου ἐξέδυσεν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν
LA Dissipaverunt itinera mea; insidiati sunt mihi, et prævaluerunt: et non fuit qui ferret auxilium.
EN They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.
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GR βέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέν με κέχρηταί μοι ὡς βούλεται ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι
LA Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me, et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.
EN They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.
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GR ἐπιστρέφονται δέ μου αἱ ὀδύναι ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου
LA Redactus sum in nihilum: abstulisti quasi ventus desiderium meum, et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea.
EN I am brought to nothing: as a wind you have taken away my desire: and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
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GR καὶ νῦν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἔχουσιν δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν
LA Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea, et possident me dies afflictionis.
EN And now my soul fades within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.
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GR νυκτὶ δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέκαυται τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται
LA Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus, et qui me comedunt, non dormiunt.
EN In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
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GR ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχεν με
LA In multitudine eorum consumitur vestimentum meum, et quasi capito tunicæ succinxerunt me.
EN With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.
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GR ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς
LA Comparatus sum luto, et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri.
EN I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.
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GR κέκραγα δὲ πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούεις μου ἔστησαν καὶ κατενόησάν με
LA Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me: sto, et non respicis me.
EN I cry to you, and you hear me not: I stand up, and you do not regard me.
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GR ἐπέβης δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας
LA Mutatus es mihi in crudelem, et in duritia manus tuæ adversaris mihi.
EN You are changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of your hand you are against me.
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GR ἔταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις καὶ ἀπέρριψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας
LA Elevasti me, et quasi super ventum ponens; elisisti me valide.
EN You have lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and you have mightily dashed me.
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GR οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ
LA Scio quia morti trades me, ubi constituta est domus omni viventi.
EN I know that you will deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that lives.
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GR εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο
LA Verumtamen non ad consumptionem eorum emittis manum tuam: et si corruerint, ipse salvabis.
EN But yet you stretch not forth your hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down you will save.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα ἐστέναξα δὲ ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις
LA Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat, et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi.
EN I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν
LA Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala: præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ.
EN I expected good things, and evils have come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
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GR ἡ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσεν καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας
LA Interiora mea efferbuerunt absque ulla requie: prævenerunt me dies afflictionis.
EN My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.
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GR στένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς
LA Mœrens incedebam sine furore; consurgens, in turba clamabam.
EN I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.
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GR ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν
LA Frater fui draconum, et socius struthionum.
EN I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
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GR τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος
LA Cutis mea denigrata est super me, et ossa mea aruerunt præ caumate.
EN My skin has become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
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GR ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πάθος μου ἡ κιθάρα ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί
LA Versa est in luctum cithara mea, et organum meum in vocem flentium.
EN My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
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[!note]- Brother of dragons, etc…
Imitating these creatures in their lamentable noise. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
