Job · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Job 7 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 Не и҆скꙋше́нїе ли житїѐ человѣ́кꙋ на землѝ, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже нае́мника повседне́внагѡ жи́знь є҆гѡ̀;
1 “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?
2 и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́коже ра́бъ боѧ́йсѧ гдⷭ҇а своегѡ̀ и҆ ᲂу҆лꙋчи́въ сѣ́нь; и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́коже нае́мникъ жды́й мзды̀ своеѧ̀;
2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 та́кожде и҆ а҆́зъ жда́хъ мцⷭ҇ы тщы̀, нѡ́щи же болѣ́зней даны̀ мѝ сꙋ́ть.
3 so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 А҆́ще ᲂу҆снꙋ̀, глаго́лю: когда̀ де́нь; є҆гда́ же воста́нꙋ, па́ки: когда̀ ве́черъ; и҆спо́лненъ же быва́ю болѣ́зней ѿ ве́чера до ᲂу҆́тра.
4 When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
5 Мѣ́ситсѧ же моѐ тѣ́ло въ гноѝ черве́й, ѡ҆блива́ю же грꙋ́дїе землѝ, гно́й стрꙋжа̀.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
6 Житїе́ же моѐ є҆́сть скорѧ́е бесѣ́ды, поги́бе же во тще́й наде́жди.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Помѧнѝ ᲂу҆̀бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ дꙋ́хъ мо́й живо́тъ, и҆ ктомꙋ̀ не возврати́тсѧ ѻ҆́ко моѐ ви́дѣти блага̑ѧ.
7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.
8 Не ᲂу҆́зритъ менѐ ѻ҆́ко ви́дѧщагѡ мѧ̀: ѻ҆́чи твоѝ на мнѣ̀, и҆ ктомꙋ̀ нѣ́смь,
8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
9 ꙗ҆́коже ѡ҆́блакъ ѡ҆чище́нъ ѿ небесѐ: а҆́ще бо человѣ́къ сни́детъ во а҆́дъ, ктомꙋ̀ не взы́детъ,
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
10 ни возврати́тсѧ во сво́й до́мъ, нижѐ и҆́мать є҆го̀ позна́ти ктомꙋ̀ мѣ́сто є҆гѡ̀.
10 He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
11 Оу҆́бѡ нижѐ а҆́зъ пощажꙋ̀ ᲂу҆́стъ мои́хъ, возглаго́лю въ нꙋ́жди сы́й, ѿве́рзꙋ ᲂу҆ста̀ моѧ̑ го́рестїю дꙋшѝ моеѧ̀ сотѣсне́нъ.
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Є҆да̀ мо́ре є҆́смь, и҆лѝ ѕмі́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆чини́лъ є҆сѝ на мѧ̀ хране́нїе;
12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
13 Реко́хъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ᲂу҆тѣ́шитъ мѧ̀ ѻ҆́дръ мо́й, произнесꙋ́ же ко мнѣ̀ на є҆ди́нѣ сло́во на ло́жи мое́мъ:
13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’
14 ᲂу҆страша́еши мѧ̀ со́нїѧми и҆ видѣ́нїѧми ᲂу҆жаса́еши мѧ̀:
14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,
15 свободи́ши ѿ дꙋ́ха моегѡ̀ дꙋ́шꙋ мою̀, ѿ сме́рти же кѡ́сти моѧ̑.
15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
16 Не поживꙋ́ бо во вѣ́къ, да долготерплю̀: ѿстꙋпѝ ѿ менє̀, тще́ бо житїѐ моѐ.
16 I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 Что́ бо є҆́сть человѣ́къ, ꙗ҆́кѡ возвели́чилъ є҆сѝ є҆го̀; и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́кѡ внима́еши ᲂу҆мо́мъ къ немꙋ̀;
17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
18 и҆лѝ посѣще́нїе твори́ши є҆мꙋ̀ по всѧ́ко ᲂу҆́тро и҆ въ поко́и сꙋди́ти є҆го̀ и҆́маши;
18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 Доко́лѣ не ѡ҆ста́виши менѐ, нижѐ ѿпꙋска́еши мѧ̀, до́ндеже поглощꙋ̀ сли̑ны моѧ̑ въ болѣ́зни;
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
20 А҆́ще а҆́зъ согрѣши́хъ, что̀ тебѣ̀ возмогꙋ̀ содѣ́лати, свѣ́дый ᲂу҆́мъ человѣ́чь; почто́ мѧ є҆сѝ положи́лъ прекосло́вна тебѣ̀, и҆ є҆́смь тебѣ̀ бре́менемъ;
20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 почто̀ нѣ́си сотвори́лъ беззако́нїю моемꙋ̀ забве́нїѧ, и҆ ѡ҆чище́нїѧ грѣха̀ моегѡ̀; нн҃ѣ же въ зе́млю ѿидꙋ̀, ᲂу҆́тренюѧй же нѣ́смь ктомꙋ̀.
21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 14:5–6; Psalm 39:4; Job 5:7; Job 14:13–14; Leviticus 25:50
- 2 Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15; James 5:4; Malachi 3:5; Jeremiah 6:4
- 3 Psalm 6:6; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Job 16:7; Job 29:2; Psalm 39:5
- 4 Deuteronomy 28:67; Job 7:13–14; Psalm 77:4; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 130:6
- 5 Isaiah 14:11; Job 17:14; Job 2:7–8; Isaiah 1:6; Acts 12:23
- 6 Job 9:25; Job 17:15; Job 17:11; Isaiah 38:12–13; Isaiah 40:6–7
- 7 James 4:14; Psalm 78:39; Jeremiah 15:15; Psalm 89:47; Job 10:21–22
- 8 Job 20:9; Psalm 37:36; Job 8:18; Psalm 90:8–9; Job 13:27
- 9 Job 10:21; 2 Samuel 14:14; Job 30:15; Job 16:22; Job 14:10–14
- 10 Job 8:18; Job 20:9; Psalm 103:16; Job 27:23; Job 27:21
- 11 1 Samuel 1:10; Psalm 40:9; Job 10:1; Isaiah 38:15; Job 21:25
- 12 Job 7:17; Lamentations 3:7; Ezekiel 32:2–3; Job 38:6–11; Job 41:1–34
- 13 Psalm 6:6; Psalm 77:4; Job 7:3–4; Job 9:27–28
- 14 Genesis 41:8; Daniel 2:1; Genesis 40:5–7; Judges 7:13–14; Matthew 27:19
- 15 Matthew 27:5; 2 Samuel 17:23
- 16 1 Kings 19:4; Job 10:1; Job 9:21; Job 14:6; Psalm 62:9
- 17 Hebrews 2:6; Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:3; Job 34:14–15; Job 7:12
- 18 1 Peter 1:7; Jeremiah 9:7; Isaiah 38:12–13; Job 14:3; Genesis 22:1
- 19 Job 9:18; Psalm 13:1–3; Job 14:6; Psalm 6:3; Psalm 94:3
- 20 Lamentations 3:12; Psalm 36:6; Job 3:24; Job 7:11–12; Psalm 21:12
- 21 Job 10:14; Daniel 12:2; 1 John 1:9; Lamentations 5:20–22; Isaiah 64:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“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).
"For I shall not live alway, that I should suffer long." Next, his being conscious to himself of many good works.
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