Job · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Job 31 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Έκαμον συνθήκην μετά των οφθαλμών μου· και πως να έχω τον στοχασμόν μου επί παρθένον;
1 “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
2 και τι το μερίδιον παρά Θεού άνωθεν; και η κληρονομία του Παντοδυνάμου εκ των υψηλών;
2 For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Ουχί αφανισμός διά τον ασεβή; και ταλαιπωρία διά τους εργάτας της ανομίας;
3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
4 δεν βλέπει αυτός τας οδούς μου και απαριθμεί πάντα τα βήματά μου;
4 Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5 Εάν περιεπάτησα με ψεύδος, ή ο πους μου έσπευσεν εις δόλον,
5 “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
6 ας με ζυγίση διά της στάθμης της δικαιοσύνης και ας γνωρίση ο Θεός την ακεραιότητά μου·
6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
7 αν το βήμά μου εξετράπη από της οδού και η καρδία μου επηκολούθησε τους οφθαλμούς μου, και αν κηλίς προσεκολλήθη εις τας χείρας μου·
7 if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
8 να σπείρω, και άλλος να φάγη· και να εκριζωθώσιν οι έκγονοί μου.
8 then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9 Αν η καρδία μου ηπατήθη υπό γυναικός, ή παρεμόνευσα εις την θύραν του πλησίον μου,
9 “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10 η γυνή μου να αλέση δι' άλλον, και άλλοι να πέσωσιν επ' αυτήν.
10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
11 Διότι μιαρόν ανόμημα τούτο και αμάρτημα κατάδικον·
11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
12 διότι είναι πυρ κατατρώγον μέχρις αφανισμού, και ήθελεν εκριζώσει πάντα τα γεννήματά μου.
12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
13 Αν κατεφρόνησα την κρίσιν του δούλου μου ή της δούλης μου, ότε διεφέροντο προς εμέ,
13 “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me,
14 τι θέλω κάμει τότε, όταν εγερθή ο Θεός; και όταν επισκεφθή, τι θέλω αποκριθή προς αυτόν;
14 what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?
15 Ο ποιήσας εμέ εν τη κοιλία, δεν εποίησε και εκείνον; και δεν εμόρφωσεν ημάς ο αυτός εν τη μήτρα;
15 Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
16 Αν ηρνήθην την επιθυμίαν των πτωχών, ή εμάρανα τους οφθαλμούς της χήρας,
16 “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 ή έφαγον μόνος τον άρτον μου, και ο ορφανός δεν έφαγεν εξ αυτού·
17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 διότι ο μεν εκ νεότητος μου ετρέφετο μετ' εμού, ως μετά πατρός, την δε εκ κοιλίας της μητρός μου ωδήγησα·
18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, I have guided her from my mother’s womb);
19 αν είδον τινά απολλύμενον δι' έλλειψιν ενδύματος ή πτωχόν χωρίς σκεπάσματος,
19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
20 αν οι νεφροί αυτού δεν με ευλόγησαν και δεν εθερμάνθη με το μαλλίον των προβάτων μου,
20 if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
21 αν εσήκωσα την χείρα μου κατά του ορφανού, βλέπων ότι υπερίσχυον εν τη πύλη,
21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
22 να πέση ο βραχίων μου εκ του ώμου, και η χειρ μου να συντριφθή εκ του αγκώνος.
22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
23 Διότι ο παρά του Θεού όλεθρος ήτο εις εμέ φρίκη και διά την μεγαλειότητα αυτού δεν ήθελον δυνηθή να ανθέξω.
23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
24 Αν έθεσα εις το χρυσίον την ελπίδα μου, ή είπα προς το καθαρόν χρυσίον, Συ είσαι το θάρρος μου,
24 “If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25 αν ευφράνθην διότι ο πλούτος μου ήτο μέγας και διότι η χειρ μου εύρηκεν αφθονίαν,
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26 αν εθεώρουν τον ήλιον αναλάμποντα ή την σελήνην περιπατούσαν εν τη λαμπρότητι αυτής,
26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
27 και η καρδία μου εθέλχθη κρυφίως, ή με το στόμα μου εφίλησα την χείρα μου,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth;
28 και τούτο ήθελεν είσθαι ανόμημα κατάδικον· διότι ήθελον αρνηθή τον Θεόν τον Ύψιστον.
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
29 Αν εχάρην εις τον αφανισμόν του μισούντός με, ή επεχάρην ότε εύρηκεν αυτόν κακόν·
29 “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
30 διότι ουδέ αφήκα το στόμα μου να αμαρτήση, ευχόμενος κατάραν εις την ψυχήν αυτού·
30 (I have certainly not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
31 αν οι άνθρωποι της σκηνής μου δεν είπον, τις θέλει δείξει άνθρωπον μη χορτασθέντα από των κρεάτων αυτού;
31 if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32 Ο ξένος δεν διενυκτέρευεν έξω· ήνοιγον την θύραν μου εις τον οδοιπόρον·
32 (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33 αν εσκέπασα την παράβασίν μου ως ο Αδάμ, κρύπτων την ανομίαν μου εν τω κόλπω μου·
33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 διότι μήπως εφοβούμην μέγα πλήθος, ή με ετρόμαζεν η καταφρόνησις των οικογενειών, ώστε να σιωπήσω και να μη εκβώ εκ της θύρας;
34 because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—
35 Ω να ήτο τις να με ήκουεν. Ιδού, η επιθυμία μου είναι να απεκρίνετο ο Παντοδύναμος εις εμέ, και ο αντίδικός μου να έγραφε βιβλίον.
35 oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
36 Βεβαίως ήθελον βαστάσει αυτό επί του ώμου μου, ήθελον περιδέσει αυτό στέφανον επ' εμέ·
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37 ήθελον φανερώσει προς αυτόν τον αριθμόν των βημάτων μου· ως άρχων ήθελον πλησιάσει εις αυτόν.
37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him like a prince.
38 Αν ο αγρός μου καταβοά εναντίον μου και κλαίωσιν ομού οι αύλακες αυτού,
38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39 αν έφαγον τον καρπόν αυτόν χωρίς μισθόν, ή έκαμον να εκβή η ψυχή των γεωργών αυτού,
39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
40 Ας φυτρώσωσι τρίβολοι αντί σίτου και ζιζάνια αντί κριθής. Ετελείωσαν οι λόγοι του Ιώβ.
40 let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
Cross references (39)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 1:14–15; Matthew 5:28–29; Psalm 119:37; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 6:25
- 2 Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Hebrews 13:4
- 3 Job 21:30; Job 34:22; Matthew 7:13; Isaiah 28:21; Psalm 55:23
- 4 Job 34:21; Proverbs 5:21; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Job 14:16; Proverbs 15:3
- 5 Psalm 44:20–21; Proverbs 12:11; Psalm 12:2; Jeremiah 2:5; Ezekiel 13:8
- 6 Psalm 7:8–9; Daniel 5:27; 1 Samuel 2:3; Matthew 7:23; Isaiah 26:7
- 7 Numbers 15:39; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Matthew 5:29; Job 23:11; Psalm 44:20–21
- 8 Leviticus 26:16; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:38; Judges 6:3–6; Job 18:19
- 9 1 Kings 11:4; Judges 16:5; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 2:16–19; Jeremiah 5:8
- 10 Jeremiah 8:10; Deuteronomy 28:30; 2 Samuel 12:11; Isaiah 47:2; Exodus 11:5
- 11 Leviticus 20:10; Job 31:28; Deuteronomy 22:22–24; Genesis 38:24; Ezekiel 16:38
- 12 Proverbs 6:27; Jeremiah 5:7–9; Hebrews 13:4; Job 26:6; Job 20:28
- 13 Leviticus 25:43; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; Exodus 21:20–21; Jeremiah 34:14–17; Leviticus 25:46
- 14 James 2:13; Psalm 44:21; Psalm 9:12; Zechariah 2:13; Psalm 10:12–15
- 15 Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 22:2; Malachi 2:10; Job 34:19; Job 10:8–12
- 16 Deuteronomy 15:7–10; Isaiah 38:14; Lamentations 4:17; Deuteronomy 28:32; Galatians 2:10
- 17 Ezekiel 18:16; Nehemiah 8:10; Acts 4:32; Luke 11:41; James 1:27
- 19 Job 22:6; 1 John 3:18; Acts 9:39; Matthew 25:36; 2 Chronicles 28:15
- 20 Deuteronomy 24:13; Job 29:11
- 21 Job 22:9; Job 29:12; Ezekiel 22:7; Micah 7:3; Jeremiah 5:28
- 22 Job 31:40; Job 31:10; Psalm 137:6; Job 38:15; Joshua 22:22–23
- 23 Job 13:11; Psalm 119:120; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Psalm 76:7; Isaiah 13:6
- 24 Psalm 52:7; Deuteronomy 8:12–14; Proverbs 11:28; Psalm 49:6–7; 1 Timothy 6:10
- 25 Psalm 62:10; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Jeremiah 9:23; Luke 12:19; Ezekiel 28:5
- 26 Ezekiel 8:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 23:11; Jeremiah 8:2
- 27 Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 11:16; Psalm 2:12; Isaiah 44:20; 1 Kings 19:18
- 28 Deuteronomy 17:2–7; Job 31:11; Psalm 50:6; Job 9:15; Joshua 24:27
- 29 Proverbs 24:17–18; Proverbs 17:5; Psalm 35:13–14; Obadiah 12; Psalm 35:25–26
- 30 1 Peter 3:9; Romans 12:14; Matthew 5:43–44; Matthew 5:22; James 3:9–10
- 31 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 19:21–22; Job 19:22; Proverbs 1:18
- 32 Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 19:2–3; Judges 19:20–21; Romans 12:13; Matthew 25:35
- 33 Proverbs 28:13; Acts 5:8; Genesis 3:12; Hosea 6:7; 1 John 1:8–10
- 34 Exodus 23:2; Proverbs 29:25; Proverbs 24:11–12; Nehemiah 13:28; Exodus 32:27
- 35 Job 40:4–5; Job 13:21–22; Job 23:3–7; Job 13:3; Job 35:14
- 36 Isaiah 22:22; Isaiah 62:3; Exodus 28:12; Job 29:14; Philippians 4:1
- 37 Job 13:15; Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 4:15–16; Job 29:25; Job 42:3–6
- 38 Habakkuk 2:11; Psalm 65:13; James 5:4; Job 20:27
- 39 1 Kings 21:19; James 5:4; 1 Kings 21:13–16; Ezekiel 22:6; Isaiah 26:21
- 40 Genesis 3:17–18; Malachi 1:3; Psalm 72:20; Isaiah 7:23; Zephaniah 2:9
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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).
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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 what is more, when he had them they were no joy to him: so he also declared, saying, "If I did so much as rejoice when my wealth waxed great:" wherefore neither did he grieve when it was gone.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And if thou wouldest also hear of his strivings after continence, hearken to him when he saith, "I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not think upon a maid." For this cause his wife did not break his spirit, for he loved her even before this, not however immoderately, but as is due to a wife.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)