Job 17 Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.

LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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1 Ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.

1 “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

2 Λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας;

2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

3 ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.

3 “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

4 Ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς.

4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

5 Τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας· ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφʼ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν.

5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

6 Ἔθου δέ με θρύλλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην.

6 “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

7 Πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.

7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

8 Θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη.

8 Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

9 Σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδὸν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος.

9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

10 Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δὴ, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές.

10 But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

11 Αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐῤῥάγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου.

11 My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

12 Νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους.

12 They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

13 Ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνοφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή.

13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

14 Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν.

14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

15 Ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπὶς, ἢ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι;

15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?

16 Ἢ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται; ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα;

16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

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