Job 17 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job’s hope in God: he expects rest in death.
Book: Job · ← Job 16 · Job 18 →
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GR ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω
LA Spiritus meus attenuabitur; dies mei breviabuntur: et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.
EN My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remains for me.
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GR λίσσομαι κάμνων καὶ τί ποιήσας
LA Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
EN I have not sinned, and my eye abides in bitterness.
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GR ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι τίς ἐστιν οὗτος τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω
LA Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.
EN Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let any man’s hand fight against me.
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GR ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς
LA Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina: propterea non exaltabuntur.
EN You have set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
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GR τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας ὀφθαλμοὶ δέ μου ἐφ’ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν
LA Prædam pollicetur sociis, et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.
EN He promises a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
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GR ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσιν γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην
LA Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi, et exemplum sum coram eis.
EN He has made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
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GR πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων
LA Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus, et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt.
EN My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
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GR θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη
LA Stupebunt justi super hoc, et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur.
EN The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
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GR σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος
LA Et tenebit justus viam suam, et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem.
EN And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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GR οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δή οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές
LA Igitur omnes vos convertimini, et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.
EN Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
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GR αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ ἐρράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου
LA Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt, torquentes cor meum.
EN My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
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GR νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκαν φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους
LA Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.
EN They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή
LA Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
EN If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.
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[!note]- Hell…
Sheol. The region of the dead. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν
LA Putredini dixi: Pater meus es; Mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus.
EN I have said to rottenness: You are my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
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GR ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι
LA Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea? et patientiam meam quis considerat?
EN Where is now then my expectation, and who considers my patience?
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GR ἦ μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα
LA In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea: putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi?
EN All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: do you think that there at least I shall have rest?
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[!note]- Not sinned…
That is, I am not guilty of such sins as they charge me with. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Deepest pit…
Literally, hell. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
