Job 31 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job, to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends, gives a sincere account of his own virtues.
Book: Job · ← Job 30 · Job 32 →
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GR διαθήκην ἐθέμην τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου καὶ οὐ συνήσω ἐπὶ παρθένον
LA Pepigi fœdus cum oculis meis, ut ne cogitarem quidem de virgine.
EN I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
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GR καὶ τί ἐμέρισεν ὁ θεὸς ἀπάνωθεν καὶ κληρονομία ἱκανοῦ ἐξ ὑψίστων
LA Quam enim partem haberet in me Deus desuper, et hæreditatem Omnipotens de excelsis?
EN For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
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GR οὐχὶ ἀπώλεια τῷ ἀδίκῳ καὶ ἀπαλλοτρίωσις τοῖς ποιοῦσιν ἀνομίαν
LA Numquid non perditio est iniquo, et alienatio operantibus injustitiam?
EN Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
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GR οὐχὶ αὐτὸς ὄψεται ὁδόν μου καὶ πάντα τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐξαριθμήσεται
LA Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?
EN Does not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
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GR εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον
LA Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
EN If I have walked in vanity, and my foot has made haste to deceit:
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GR ἱσταίη με ἄρα ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ οἶδεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου
LA appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.
EN Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
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GR εἰ ἐξέκλινεν ὁ πούς μου ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ ἐπηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου εἰ δὲ καὶ ταῖς χερσίν μου ἡψάμην δώρων
LA Si declinavit gressus meus de via, et si secutum est oculos meos cor meum, et si manibus meis adhæsit macula,
EN If my step has turned out of the way, and if my heart has followed my eyes, and if a spot has cleaved to my hands:
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GR σπείραιμι ἄρα καὶ ἄλλοι φάγοισαν ἄρριζος δὲ γενοίμην ἐπὶ γῆς
LA seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.
EN Then let me sow and let another reap: and let my offspring be rooted out.
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GR εἰ ἐξηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου εἰ καὶ ἐγκάθετος ἐγενόμην ἐπὶ θύραις αὐτῆς
LA Si deceptum est cor meum super muliere, et si ad ostium amici mei insidiatus sum,
EN If my heart has been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:
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GR ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη
LA scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
EN Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
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GR θυμὸς γὰρ ὀργῆς ἀκατάσχετος τὸ μιᾶναι ἀνδρὸς γυναῖκα
LA Hoc enim nefas est, et iniquitas maxima.
EN For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
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GR πῦρ γάρ ἐστιν καιόμενον ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν μερῶν οὗ δ’ ἂν ἐπέλθῃ ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀπώλεσεν
LA Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina.
EN It is a fire that devours even to destruction, and roots up all things that spring.
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐφαύλισα κρίμα θεράποντός μου ἢ θεραπαίνης κρινομένων αὐτῶν πρός με
LA Si contempsi subire judicium cum servo meo et ancilla mea, cum disceptarent adversum me:
EN If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
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GR τί γὰρ ποιήσω ἐὰν ἔτασίν μου ποιήσηται ὁ κύριος ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐπισκοπήν τίνα ἀπόκρισιν ποιήσομαι
LA quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad judicandum Deus? et cum quæsierit, quid respondebo illi?
EN For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? And when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
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GR πότερον οὐχ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐν γαστρί καὶ ἐκεῖνοι γεγόνασιν γεγόναμεν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κοιλίᾳ
LA Numquid non in utero fecit me, qui et illum operatus est, et formavit me in vulva unus?
EN Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
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GR ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν ἥν ποτ’ εἶχον οὐκ ἀπέτυχον χήρας δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα
LA Si negavi quod volebant pauperibus, et oculos viduæ expectare feci;
EN If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸν ψωμόν μου ἔφαγον μόνος καὶ οὐχὶ ὀρφανῷ μετέδωκα
LA si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea
EN If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten thereof:
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GR ὅτι ἐκ νεότητός μου ἐξέτρεφον ὡς πατὴρ καὶ ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου ὡδήγησα
LA (quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio, et de utero matris meæ egressa est mecum);
EN (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb):
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα
LA si despexi pereuntem, eo quod non habuerit indumentum, et absque operimento pauperem;
EN If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
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GR ἀδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶς ἀμνῶν μου ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν
LA si non benedixerunt mihi latera ejus, et de velleribus ovium mearum calefactus est;
EN If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
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GR εἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια περίεστιν
LA si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem:
EN If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
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GR ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ τῆς κλειδός ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνός μου συντριβείη
LA humerus meus a junctura sua cadat, et brachium meum cum suis ossibus confringatur.
EN Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
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GR φόβος γὰρ κυρίου συνέσχεν με καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω
LA Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.
EN For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was unable to bear.
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GR εἰ ἔταξα χρυσίον ἰσχύν μου εἰ δὲ καὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ ἐπεποίθησα
LA Si putavi aurum robur meum, et obrizo dixi: Fiducia mea;
EN If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ εὐφράνθην πολλοῦ πλούτου μοι γενομένου εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπ’ ἀναριθμήτοις ἐθέμην χεῖρά μου
LA si lætatus sum super multis divitiis meis, et quia plurima reperit manus mea;
EN If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
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GR ἦ οὐχ ὁρῶ μὲν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιφαύσκοντα ἐκλείποντα σελήνην δὲ φθίνουσαν οὐ γὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς ἐστιν
LA si vidi solem cum fulgeret, et lunam incedentem clare,
EN If I beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness:
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[!note]- If I beheld the sun, etc…
If I behold the sun and moon with admiration, knowing them to be created and governed by the power of God, I call on my adversaries to produce any thing against me, whereby I could be charged with worshipping the sun or moon. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR καὶ εἰ ἠπατήθη λάθρᾳ ἡ καρδία μου εἰ δὲ καὶ χεῖρά μου ἐπιθεὶς ἐπὶ στόματί μου ἐφίλησα
LA et lætatum est in abscondito cor meum, et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo:
EN And my heart in secret has rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with, my mouth:
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GR καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἄρα ἀνομία ἡ μεγίστη λογισθείη ὅτι ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου
LA quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.
EN Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου εὖγε
LA Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:
EN If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
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GR ἀκούσαι ἄρα τὸ οὖς μου τὴν κατάραν μου θρυληθείην δὲ ἄρα ὑπὸ λαοῦ μου κακούμενος
LA non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum, ut expeterem maledicens animam ejus.
EN For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλάκις εἶπον αἱ θεράπαιναί μου τίς ἂν δῴη ἡμῖν τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτοῦ πλησθῆναι λίαν μου χρηστοῦ ὄντος
LA Si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei: Quis det de carnibus ejus, ut saturemur?
EN If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
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GR ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο
LA foris non mansit peregrinus: ostium meum viatori patuit.
EN The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ ἁμαρτὼν ἀκουσίως ἔκρυψα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου
LA Si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum, et celavi in sinu meo iniquitatem meam;
EN If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
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GR οὐ γὰρ διετράπην πολυοχλίαν πλήθους τοῦ μὴ ἐξαγορεῦσαι ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν εἰ δὲ καὶ εἴασα ἀδύνατον ἐξελθεῖν θύραν μου κόλπῳ κενῷ
LA si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam, et despectio propinquorum terruit me: et non magis tacui, nec egressus sum ostium.
EN If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen has terrified me: and have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
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GR τίς δῴη ἀκούοντά μου χεῖρα δὲ κυρίου εἰ μὴ ἐδεδοίκειν συγγραφὴν δέ ἣν εἶχον κατά τινος
LA Quis mihi tribuat auditorem, ut desiderium meum audiat Omnipotens, et librum scribat ipse qui judicat,
EN Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judges would write a book,
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GR ἐπ’ ὤμοις ἂν περιθέμενος στέφανον ἀνεγίνωσκον
LA ut in humero meo portem illum, et circumdem illum quasi coronam mihi?
EN that I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
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GR καὶ εἰ μὴ ῥήξας αὐτὴν ἀπέδωκα οὐθὲν λαβὼν παρὰ χρεοφειλέτου
LA Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.
EN At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
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GR εἰ ἐπ’ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν
LA Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
EN If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
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GR εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκβαλὼν ἐλύπησα
LA si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi:
EN If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof:
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GR ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος
LA pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.
EN Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
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