Job · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Job 3 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Посе́мъ ѿве́рзе і҆́ѡвъ ᲂу҆ста̀ своѧ̑ и҆ проклѧ̀ де́нь сво́й,
1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
2 глаго́лѧ:
2 Job answered:
3 да поги́бнетъ де́нь, во́ньже роди́хсѧ, и҆ но́щь ѻ҆́наѧ, въ ню́же рѣ́ша: сѐ, мꙋ́жескъ по́лъ:
3 “Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’
4 та̀ но́щь бꙋ́ди тьма̀, и҆ да не взы́щетъ є҆ѧ̀ гдⷭ҇ь свы́ше, нижѐ да прїи́детъ на ню̀ свѣ́тъ,
4 Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
5 и҆ да прїи́метъ ю҆̀ тьма̀ и҆ сѣ́нь сме́ртнаѧ, да прїи́детъ на ню̀ сꙋмра́къ: про́клѧтъ бꙋ́ди де́нь то́й
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.
6 и҆ но́щь ѻ҆́наѧ: да пости́гнетъ ю҆̀ тьма̀, да не бꙋ́детъ во дне́хъ лѣ́та, нижѐ да вчи́слитсѧ во дне́хъ мцⷭ҇ей:
6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
7 но но́щь ѻ҆́наѧ да бꙋ́детъ болѣ́знь, и҆ да не прїи́детъ на ню̀ весе́лїе и҆ ра́дость,
7 Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
8 но да проклене́тъ ю҆̀ проклина́ѧй то́й де́нь, и҆́же и҆́мать ѡ҆долѣ́ти вели́каго ки́та:
8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
9 да поме́ркнꙋтъ ѕвѣ́зды тоѧ̀ но́щи, да ѡ҆жида́етъ и҆ на свѣ́тъ да не прїи́детъ, и҆ да не ви́дитъ денни́цы возсїѧва́ющїѧ,
9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
10 ꙗ҆́кѡ не затворѝ вра́тъ чре́ва ма́тере моеѧ̀: ѿѧ́ла бо бы̀ болѣ́знь ѿ ѻ҆́чїю моє́ю:
10 because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
11 почто́ бо во ᲂу҆тро́бѣ не ᲂу҆мро́хъ; и҆з̾ чре́ва же и҆зше́дъ, и҆ а҆́бїе не погибо́хъ;
11 “Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
12 почто́ же мѧ̀ прїѧ́ша на кѡлѣ́на; почто́ же сса́хъ сосца̑;
12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
13 нн҃ѣ ᲂу҆́бѡ ᲂу҆снꙋ́въ ᲂу҆молча́лъ бы́хъ, ᲂу҆снꙋ́въ же почи́лъ бы́хъ
13 For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
14 со царьмѝ и҆ совѣ̑тники землѝ, и҆̀же хвалѧ́хꙋсѧ ѻ҆рꙋ̑жїи,
14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;
15 и҆лѝ со кнѧ̑зи, и҆̀мже мно́гѡ зла́та, и҆̀же напо́лниша до́мы своѧ̑ сребра̀,
15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;
16 и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́коже и҆́звергъ и҆зла́зѧй и҆з̾ ложе́снъ ма́тернихъ, и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́коже младе́нцы, и҆̀же не ви́дѣша свѣ́та:
16 or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
17 та́мѡ нечести́вїи ᲂу҆толи́ша ꙗ҆́рость гнѣ́ва, та́мѡ почи́ша претрꙋжде́ннїи тѣ́ломъ,
17 There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
18 вкꙋ́пѣ же въ вѣ́цѣ се́мъ бы́вшїи не слы́шатъ гла́са собира́ющагѡ да́нь:
18 There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 ма́лъ и҆ вели́къ та́мѡ є҆́сть, и҆ ра́бъ не боѧ́йсѧ господи́на своегѡ̀:
19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
20 почто́ бо да́нъ є҆́сть сꙋ́щымъ въ го́рести свѣ́тъ и҆ сꙋ́щымъ въ болѣ́знехъ дꙋша́мъ живо́тъ,
20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
21 и҆̀же жела́ютъ сме́рти и҆ не полꙋча́ютъ, и҆́щꙋще ꙗ҆́коже сокро́вища,
21 who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
22 ѡ҆бра́довани же быва́ютъ, а҆́ще ᲂу҆лꙋча́тъ (꙳сме́рть);
22 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 сме́рть бо мꙋ́жꙋ поко́й, є҆гѡ́же пꙋ́ть сокрове́нъ є҆́сть, затвори́ бо бг҃ъ ѡ҆́крестъ є҆гѡ̀:
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 пре́жде бо бра́шенъ мои́хъ воздыха́нїе мѝ прихо́дитъ, слезю́ же а҆́зъ ѡ҆держи́мь стра́хомъ,
24 For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
25 стра́хъ бо, є҆гѡ́же ᲂу҆жаса́хсѧ, прїи́де мѝ, и҆ є҆гѡ́же боѧ́хсѧ, срѣ́те мѧ̀:
25 For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
26 ни ᲂу҆мири́хсѧ, нижѐ ᲂу҆молча́хъ, нижѐ почи́хъ, и҆ на́йде мѝ гнѣ́въ.
26 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither do I have rest; but trouble comes.”
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 20:14–15; Psalm 106:33; Psalm 39:2–3; Job 2:9–10; Job 3:3
- 3 Jeremiah 20:14–18; Jeremiah 15:10; Job 10:18–19
- 4 Matthew 27:45; Amos 5:18; Revelation 16:10; Deuteronomy 11:12; Joel 2:2
- 5 Job 10:21–22; Job 28:3; Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 107:14
- 7 Isaiah 13:20–22; Jeremiah 7:34; Revelation 18:22–23; Isaiah 24:8
- 8 Job 41:1; Job 41:10; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17–18; Job 41:25
- 9 Job 41:18; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 13:16; Job 30:26
- 10 Ecclesiastes 6:3–5; Genesis 20:18; Jeremiah 20:17; 1 Samuel 1:5; Genesis 29:31
- 11 Isaiah 46:3; Job 10:18–19; Hosea 9:14; Jeremiah 15:10; Psalm 139:13–16
- 12 Genesis 30:3; Isaiah 66:12; Genesis 50:23; Ezekiel 16:4–5
- 13 Ecclesiastes 9:10; Job 14:10–12; Job 21:13; Job 7:21; Ecclesiastes 6:3–5
- 14 Job 15:28; Psalm 89:48; Isaiah 14:10–16; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 49:6–10
- 15 1 Kings 10:27; Job 22:25; Zephaniah 1:18; Numbers 22:18; Job 27:16–17
- 16 Psalm 58:8; Ecclesiastes 6:3; 1 Corinthians 15:8
- 17 Revelation 14:13; Job 17:16; Isaiah 57:1–2; Job 14:13; Hebrews 4:11
- 18 Job 39:7; Exodus 5:15–19; Judges 4:3; Exodus 5:6–8; Isaiah 14:3–4
- 19 Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 30:23; Psalm 49:2; Luke 16:22–23
- 20 Jeremiah 20:18; Job 7:15–16; 1 Samuel 1:10; Proverbs 31:6; Job 6:9
- 21 Revelation 9:6; Proverbs 2:4; Numbers 11:15; Jonah 4:8; 1 Kings 19:4
- 23 Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7; Isaiah 40:27; Job 12:14; Lamentations 3:9
- 24 Psalm 102:9; Psalm 42:3–4; Psalm 80:5; Psalm 38:8; Job 33:20
- 25 Job 1:5; Job 30:15; Job 31:23
- 26 Job 7:14; Job 27:9; Psalm 143:11
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And this he declared, when he said, "For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me; and that which I was afraid of is come unto me." And again, "But I wept for every helpless man, and groaned when I saw a man in distress." So because of this, nothing of what happened confounded him, none of those …
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