Job 20 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Sophar declares the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked: and their sudden downfall.
Book: Job · ← Job 19 · Job 21 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Σωφαρ ὁ Μιναῖος λέγει
LA Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites, dixit:
EN Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
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GR οὐχ οὕτως ὑπελάμβανον ἀντερεῖν σε ταῦτα καὶ οὐχὶ συνίετε μᾶλλον ἢ καὶ ἐγώ
LA Idcirco cogitationes meæ variæ succedunt sibi, et mens in diversa rapitur.
EN Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.
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GR παιδείαν ἐντροπῆς μου ἀκούσομαι καὶ πνεῦμα ἐκ τῆς συνέσεως ἀποκρίνεταί μοι
LA Doctrinam qua me arguis audiam, et spiritus intelligentiæ meæ respondebit mihi.
EN The doctrine with which you reprove me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.
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GR μὴ ταῦτα ἔγνως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔτι ἀφ’ οὗ ἐτέθη ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
LA Hoc scio a principio, ex quo positus est homo super terram,
EN This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
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GR εὐφροσύνη γὰρ ἀσεβῶν πτῶμα ἐξαίσιον χαρμονὴ δὲ παρανόμων ἀπώλεια
LA quod laus impiorum brevis sit, et gaudium hypocritæ ad instar puncti.
EN that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
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GR ἐὰν ἀναβῇ εἰς οὐρανὸν αὐτοῦ τὰ δῶρα ἡ δὲ θυσία αὐτοῦ νεφῶν ἅψηται
LA Si ascenderit usque ad cælum superbia ejus, et caput ejus nubes tetigerit,
EN If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
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GR ὅταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσιν ποῦ ἐστιν
LA quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, et qui eum viderant, dicent: Ubi est?
EN In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?
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GR ὥσπερ ἐνύπνιον ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ἔπτη δὲ ὥσπερ φάσμα νυκτερινόν
LA Velut somnium avolans non invenietur: transiet sicut visio nocturna.
EN As a dream that flees away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
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GR ὀφθαλμὸς παρέβλεψεν καὶ οὐ προσθήσει καὶ οὐκέτι προσνοήσει αὐτὸν ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ
LA Oculus qui eum viderat non videbit, neque ultra intuebitur eum locus suus.
EN The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
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GR τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες αἱ δὲ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας
LA Filii ejus atterentur egestate, et manus illius reddent ei dolorem suum.
EN His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render to him his sorrow.
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GR ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται
LA Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.
EN His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
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GR ἐὰν γλυκανθῇ ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ κακία κρύψει αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ
LA Cum enim dulce fuerit in ore ejus malum, abscondet illud sub lingua sua.
EN For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
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GR οὐ φείσεται αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτὴν καὶ συνέξει αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάρυγγος αὐτοῦ
LA Parcet illi, et non derelinquet illud, et celabit in gutture suo.
EN He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
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GR καὶ οὐ μὴ δυνηθῇ βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτῷ χολὴ ἀσπίδος ἐν γαστρὶ αὐτοῦ
LA Panis ejus in utero illius vertetur in fel aspidum intrinsecus.
EN His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him,
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GR πλοῦτος ἀδίκως συναγόμενος ἐξεμεσθήσεται ἐξ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ ἐξελκύσει αὐτὸν ἄγγελος
LA Divitias quas devoravit evomet, et de ventre illius extrahet eas Deus.
EN the riches which he has swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.
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GR θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεως
LA Caput aspidum suget, et occidet eum lingua viperæ.
EN He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper’s tongue shall kill him.
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GR μὴ ἴδοι ἄμελξιν νομάδων μηδὲ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου
LA (Non videat rivulos fluminis, torrentes mellis et butyri.)
EN Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.
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GR εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασεν πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος
LA Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur: juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.
EN He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.
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[!note]- According to the multitude of his devices…
That is, his stratagems to gratify his passions and to oppress and destroy the poor. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR πολλῶν γὰρ ἀδυνάτων οἴκους ἔθλασεν δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν
LA Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes: domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.
EN Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.
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GR οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ σωτηρία τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ αὐτοῦ οὐ σωθήσεται
LA Nec est satiatus venter ejus: et cum habuerit quæ concupierat, possidere non poterit.
EN And yet his belly was not filled: and when he has the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.
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GR οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπόλειμμα τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀγαθά
LA Non remansit de cibo ejus, et propterea nihil permanebit de bonis ejus.
EN There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:
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GR ὅταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι θλιβήσεται πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται
LA Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur: æstuabit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum.
EN When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
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GR εἴ πως πληρώσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπ’ αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆς νίψαι ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὀδύνας
LA Utinam impleatur venter ejus, ut emittat in eum iram furoris sui, et pluat super illum bellum suum.
EN May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
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GR καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον
LA Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.
EN He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.
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GR διεξέλθοι δὲ διὰ σώματος αὐτοῦ βέλος ἀστραπαὶ δὲ ἐν διαίταις αὐτοῦ περιπατήσαισαν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ φόβοι
LA Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, et fulgurans in amaritudine sua: vadent et venient super eum horribiles.
EN The sword is drawn out, and comes forth from its scabbard, and glitters in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.
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GR πᾶν δὲ σκότος αὐτῷ ὑπομείναι κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον
LA Omnes tenebræ absconditæ sunt in occultis ejus; devorabit eum ignis qui non succenditur: affligetur relictus in tabernaculo suo.
EN All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.
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GR ἀνακαλύψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ
LA Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.
EN The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
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GR ἑλκύσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεια εἰς τέλος ἡμέρα ὀργῆς ἐπέλθοι αὐτῷ
LA Apertum erit germen domus illius: detrahetur in die furoris Dei.
EN The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.
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GR αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ κυρίου καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου
LA Hæc est pars hominis impii a Deo, et hæreditas verborum ejus a Domino.
EN This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
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