Job 7 Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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OT: Septuagint (Greek)
Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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1851
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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

RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909

WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)

1 Πότερον οὐχὶ πειρατήριόν ἐστιν ὁ βίος ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; καὶ ὥσπερ μισθίου αὐθημερινοῦ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ;

1 CIERTAMENTE tiempo [limitado] tiene el hombre sobre la tierra, y sus días son como los días del jornalero.

1 “Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

2 Ἢ ὥσπερ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν Κύριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τετευχὼς σκιᾶς; ἢ ὥσπερ μισθωτὸς ἀναμένων τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ;

2 Como el siervo anhela la sombra, y como el jornalero espera [el reposo] de su trabajo:

2 As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

3 Οὕτως κᾀγὼ ὑπέμεινα μῆνας κενοὺς, νύκτες δὲ ὀδυνῶν δεδομέναι μοι εἰσίν.

3 Así poseo yo meses de vanidad, y noches de trabajo me dieron por cuenta.

3 so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

4 Ἐὰν κοιμηθῶ, λέγω, πότε ἡμέρα; ὡς δʼ ἂν ἀναστῶ, πάλιν, πότε ἑσπέρα; πλήρης δὲ γίνομαι ὀδυνῶν ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωΐ.

4 Cuando estoy acostado, digo: ¿Cuándo me levantaré? Y mide [mi corazón] la noche, y estoy harto de devaneos hasta el alba.

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 Φύρεται δέ μου τὸ σῶμα ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων, τήκω δὲ βώλακας γῆς ἀπὸ ἰχῶρος ξύων.

5 Mi carne está vestida de gusanos, y de costras de polvo; mi piel hendida y abominable.

5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

6 Ὁ δὲ βίος μου ἔστιν ἐλαφρότερος λαλιᾶς, ἀπόλωλε δὲ ἐν κενῇ ἐλπίδι.

6 Y mis días fueron más ligeros que la lanzadera del tejedor, y fenecieron sin esperanza.

6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

7 Μνήσθητι οὖν ὅτι πνεῦμά μου ἡ ζωὴ, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι ἐπανελεύσεται ὀφθαλμός μου ἰδεῖν ἀγαθόν.

7 Acuérdate que mi vida es viento, y que mis ojos no volverán á ver el bien.

7 Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.

8 Οὐ περιβλέψεταί με ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρῶντός με, οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμί·

8 Los ojos de los que me ven, no me verán más: tus ojos sobre mí, y dejaré de ser.

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 Ὥσπερ νέφος ἀποκαθαρθὲν ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ· ἐὰν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος καταβῇ εἰς ᾅδην, οὐκ ἔτι μὴ ἀναβῇ,

9 La nube se consume, y se va: así el que desciende al sepulcro no subirá;

9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

10 οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃ εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον, οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ ἐπιγνῶ αὐτὸν ἔτι ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ.

10 No tornará más á su casa, ni su lugar le conocerá más.

10 He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.

11 Ἀτὰρ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐγὼ φείσομαι τῷ στόματί μου, λαλήσω ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὤν, ἀνοίξω πικρίαν ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος.

11 Por tanto yo no reprimiré mi boca; hablaré en la angustia de mi espíritu, y quejaréme con la amargura de mi alma.

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 Πότερον θάλασσα εἰμὶ ἢ δράκων, ὅτι κατέταξας ἐπʼ ἐμὲ φυλακήν;

12 ¿Soy yo la mar, ó ballena, que me pongas guarda?

12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

13 Εἴπα ὅτι παρακαλέσει με ἡ κλίνη μου, ἀνοίσω δὲ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἰδίᾳ λόγον τῇ κοίτῃ μου.

13 Cuando digo: Mi cama me consolará, mi cama atenuará mis quejas;

13 When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’

14 Ἐκφοβεῖς με ἐνυπνίοις, καὶ ὁράμασί με καταπλήσσεις.

14 Entonces me quebrantarás con sueños, y me turbarás con visiones.

14 then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,

15 Ἀπαλλάξεις ἀπὸ πνεύματός μου τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἀπὸ δὲ θανάτου τὰ ὀστᾶ μου.

15 Y así mi alma tuvo por mejor el ahogamiento, y [quiso] la muerte más que mis huesos.

15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

16 Οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσομαι, ἵνα μακροθυμήσω· ἀπόστα ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, κενὸς γάρ μου ὁ βίος.

16 Aburríme: no he de vivir yo para siempre; déjame, pues que mis días son vanidad.

16 I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

17 Τί γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνας αὐτόν; ἢ ὅτι προσέχεις τὸν νοῦν εἰς αὐτόν;

17 ¿Qué es el hombre, para que lo engrandezcas, y que pongas sobre él tu corazón,

17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

18 Ἢ ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ ποιήσῃ ἕως τὸ πρωΐ; καὶ εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν αὐτὸν κρινεῖς;

18 Y lo visites todas las mañanas, y todos los momentos lo pruebes?

18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

19 Ἕως τίνος οὐκ ἐᾷς με, οὐδὲ προΐῃ με, ἕως ἂν καταπίω τὸν πτύελόν μου;

19 ¿Hasta cuándo no me dejarás, ni me soltarás hasta que trague mi saliva?

19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

20 Εἰ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον, τί δυνήσομαι πρᾶξαι, ὁ ἐπιστάμενος τὸν νοῦν τῶν ἀνθρώπων; διατί ἔθου με κατεντευκτήν σου, εἰμὶ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ φορτίον;

20 Pequé, ¿qué te haré, oh Guarda de los hombres? ¿por qué me has puesto contrario á ti, y que á mí mismo sea pesado?

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 Διατί οὐκ ἐποιήσω τῆς ἀνομίας μου λήθην, καὶ καθαρισμὸν τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου; νυνὶ δὲ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσομαι, ὀρθρίζων δὲ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμί.

21 ¿Y por qué no quitas mi rebelión, y perdonas mi iniquidad? porque ahora dormiré en el polvo, y si me buscares de mañana, ya no seré.

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.”

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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).

Quotes verse 7:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXIII)
"For I shall not live alway, that I should suffer long." Next, his being conscious to himself of many good works.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

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