Job 9 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job acknowledges God’s justice: although he often afflicts the innocent.
Book: Job · ← Job 8 · Job 10 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
LA Et respondens Job, ait:
EN And Job answered, and said:
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GR ἐπ’ ἀληθείας οἶδα ὅτι οὕτως ἐστίν πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ κυρίῳ
LA Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
EN Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God.
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων
LA Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
EN If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
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GR σοφὸς γάρ ἐστιν διανοίᾳ κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν
LA Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?
EN He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has resisted him, and has had peace?
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GR ὁ παλαιῶν ὄρη καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὁ καταστρέφων αὐτὰ ὀργῇ
LA Qui transtulit montes, et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.
EN Who has removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.
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GR ὁ σείων τὴν ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐκ θεμελίων οἱ δὲ στῦλοι αὐτῆς σαλεύονται
LA Qui commovet terram de loco suo, et columnæ ejus concutiuntur.
EN Who shakes the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
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GR ὁ λέγων τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνατέλλει κατὰ δὲ ἄστρων κατασφραγίζει
LA Qui præcipit soli, et non oritur, et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.
EN Who commands the sun, and it rises not: and shuts up the stars, as it were, under a seal:
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GR ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπ’ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης
LA Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.
EN Who alone spreads out the heavens, and walks upon the waves of the sea,
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GR ὁ ποιῶν Πλειάδα καὶ ἕσπερον καὶ ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ ταμίεια νότου
LA Qui facit Arcturum et Oriona, et Hyadas et interiora austri.
EN who makes Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
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GR ὁ ποιῶν μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός
LA Qui facit magna, et incomprehensibilia, et mirabilia, quorum non est numerus.
EN Who does things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.
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GR ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με οὐ μὴ ἴδω καὶ ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με οὐδ’ ὧς ἔγνων
LA Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.
EN If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.
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GR ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ τίς ἀποστρέψει ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ τί ἐποίησας
LA Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei? vel quis dicere potest: Cur ita facis?
EN If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? Or who can say: Why do you so?
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GR αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ’ οὐρανόν
LA Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.
EN God, whose wrath no man can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
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GR ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσηται ἦ διακρινεῖ τὰ ῥήματά μου
LA Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?
EN What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?
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GR ἐάν τε γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι
LA qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.
EN I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
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GR ἐάν τε καλέσω καὶ ὑπακούσῃ οὐ πιστεύω ὅτι εἰσακήκοέν μου
LA Et cum invocantem exaudierit me, non credo quod audierit vocem meam.
EN And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
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GR μὴ γνόφῳ με ἐκτρίψῃ πολλὰ δέ μου τὰ συντρίμματα πεποίηκεν διὰ κενῆς
LA In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.
EN For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
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[!note]- Without cause…
That is, without my knowing the cause: or without any crime of mine. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι ἐνέπλησεν δέ με πικρίας
LA Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.
EN He allows not my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
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GR ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἰσχύι κρατεῖ τίς οὖν κρίματι αὐτοῦ ἀντιστήσεται
LA Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.
EN If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει ἐάν τε ὦ ἄμεμπτος σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι
LA Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
EN If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would show myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
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GR εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ πλὴν ὅτι ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή
LA Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.
EN Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
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GR διὸ εἶπον μέγαν καὶ δυνάστην ἀπολλύει ὀργή
LA Unum est quod locutus sum: et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.
EN One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumes.
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GR ὅτι φαῦλοι ἐν θανάτῳ ἐξαισίῳ ἀλλὰ δίκαιοι καταγελῶνται
LA Si flagellat, occidat semel, et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.
EN If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
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GR παραδέδονται γὰρ εἰς χεῖρας ἀσεβοῦς πρόσωπα κριτῶν αὐτῆς συγκαλύπτει εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτός τίς ἐστιν
LA Terra data est in manus impii; vultum judicum ejus operit. Quod si non ille est, quis ergo est?
EN The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covers the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
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GR ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος δρομέως ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν
LA Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore; fugerunt, et non viderunt bonum.
EN My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
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GR ἦ καὶ ἔστιν ναυσὶν ἴχνος ὁδοῦ ἢ ἀετοῦ πετομένου ζητοῦντος βοράν
LA Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes; sicut aquila volans ad escam.
EN They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
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GR ἐάν τε γὰρ εἴπω ἐπιλήσομαι λαλῶν συγκύψας τῷ προσώπῳ στενάξω
LA Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.
EN If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
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GR σείομαι πᾶσιν τοῖς μέλεσιν οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἀθῷόν με ἐάσεις
LA Verebar omnia opera mea, sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.
EN I feared all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
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GR ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον
LA Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi?
EN But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
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GR ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν καθαραῖς
LA Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,
EN If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever 80. clean:
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GR ἱκανῶς ἐν ῥύπῳ με ἔβαψας ἐβδελύξατο δέ με ἡ στολή
LA tamen sordibus intinges me, et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.
EN Yet you shall plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me.
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GR οὐ γὰρ εἶ ἄνθρωπος κατ’ ἐμέ ᾧ ἀντικρινοῦμαι ἵνα ἔλθωμεν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς κρίσιν
LA Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.
EN For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
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GR εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἐλέγχων καὶ διακούων ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων
LA Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.
EN There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.
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GR ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω
LA Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.
EN Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
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GR καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῶ ἀλλὰ λαλήσω οὐ γὰρ οὕτω συνεπίσταμαι
LA Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.
EN I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.
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[!note]- Arcturus, etc…
These are names of stars or constellations. In Hebrew, Ash, Cesil, and Cimah. See note on Job 38:31. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
