Job · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Job 5 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 Κάλεσον τώρα, εάν τις σοι αποκριθή; και προς τίνα των αγίων θέλεις αποβλέψει;
1 “Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Διότι η οργή φονεύει τον άφρονα, και η αγανάκτησις θανατόνει τον μωρόν.
2 For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
3 Εγώ είδον τον άφρονα ριζούμενον· αλλ' ευθύς προείπα κατηραμένην την κατοικίαν αυτού.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Οι υιοί αυτού είναι μακράν από της σωτηρίας, και καταπιέζονται έμπροσθεν της πύλης, και ουδείς ο ελευθερών·
4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5 των οποίων τον θερισμόν κατατρώγει ο πεινών, και αρπάζει αυτόν εκ των ακανθών και την περιουσίαν αυτών καταπίνει ο διψών.
5 whose harvest the hungry eat up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
6 Διότι εκ του χώματος δεν εξέρχεται η θλίψις, ουδέ η λύπη βλαστάνει εκ της γής·
6 For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 αλλ' ο άνθρωπος γεννάται διά την λύπην, και οι νεοσσοί των αετών διά να πετώσιν υψηλά.
7 but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 Αλλ' εγώ τον Θεόν θέλω επικαλεσθή, και εν τω Θεώ θέλω εναποθέσει την υπόθεσίν μου·
8 “But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
9 όστις κάμνει μεγαλεία ανεξιχνίαστα, θαυμάσια αναρίθμητα·
9 who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
10 όστις δίδει βροχήν επί το πρόσωπον της γης, και πέμπει ύδατα επί το πρόσωπον των αγρών·
10 who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;
11 όστις υψόνει τους ταπεινούς, και ανεγείρει εις σωτηρίαν τους τεθλιμμένους·
11 so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 όστις διασκεδάζει τας βουλάς των πανούργων, και δεν δύνανται αι χείρες αυτών να εκτελέσωσι την επιχείρησιν αυτών·
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 όστις συλλαμβάνει τους σοφούς εν τη πανουργία αυτών· και η βουλή των δολίων ανατρέπεται·
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 την ημέραν απαντώσι σκότος, και εν μεσημβρία ψηλαφώσι καθώς εν νυκτί.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Τον πτωχόν όμως λυτρόνει εκ της ρομφαίας, εκ του στόματος αυτών και εκ της χειρός του ισχυρού.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Και ο πτωχός έχει ελπίδα, της δε ανομίας το στόμα εμφράττεται.
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Ιδού, μακάριος ο άνθρωπος, τον οποίον ελέγχει ο Θεός· διά τούτο μη καταφρόνει την παιδείαν του Παντοδυνάμου·
17 “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 διότι αυτός πληγόνει και επιδένει· κτυπά, και αι χείρες αυτού ιατρεύουσιν.
18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 Εν εξ θλίψεσι θέλει σε ελευθερώσει· και εν τη εβδόμη δεν θέλει σε εγγίσει κακόν.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
20 Εν τη πείνη θέλει σε λυτρώσει εκ θανάτου· και εν πολέμω εκ χειρός ρομφαίας.
20 In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
21 Από μάστιγος γλώσσης θέλεις είσθαι πεφυλαγμένος· και δεν θέλεις φοβηθή από του επερχομένου ολέθρου.
21 You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 Τον όλεθρον και την πείναν θέλεις καταγελά· και δεν θέλεις φοβηθή από των θηρίων της γης.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, neither will you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 Διότι θέλεις έχει συμμαχίαν μετά των λίθων της πεδιάδος· και τα θηρία του αγρού θέλουσιν ειρηνεύει μετά σου.
23 For you will be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Και θέλεις γνωρίσει ότι ειρήνη είναι εν τη σκηνή σου, και θέλεις επισκεφθή την κατοικίαν σου, και δεν θέλει σοι λείπει ουδέν.
24 You will know that your tent is in peace. You will visit your fold, and will miss nothing.
25 Και θέλεις γνωρίσει ότι είναι πολύ το σπέρμα σου, και οι έκγονοί σου ως η βοτάνη της γης.
25 You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Θέλεις ελθεί εις τον τάφον εν βαθεί γήρατι, καθώς συσσωρεύεται η θημωνία του σίτου εν τω καιρώ αυτής.
26 You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Ιδού, τούτο εξιχνιάσαμεν, ούτως έχει· άκουσον αυτό και γνώρισον εν σεαυτώ.
27 Behold, we have researched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 15:15; Job 15:8–10; Job 4:18; Isaiah 41:21–23; Ephesians 1:1
- 2 Ecclesiastes 7:9; Job 18:4; Hosea 7:11; Psalm 92:6; Psalm 14:1
- 3 Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 92:7; Deuteronomy 27:15–26; Psalm 37:35–36; Job 27:8
- 4 Psalm 127:5; Job 18:16–19; Psalm 119:155; Job 10:7; Psalm 109:9–15
- 5 Lamentations 2:16; Hosea 8:7; Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremiah 51:34; Judges 6:11
- 6 Isaiah 45:7; 1 Samuel 6:9; Psalm 90:7; Job 34:29; Hosea 10:4
- 7 Job 14:1; Genesis 3:17–19; Ecclesiastes 5:15–17; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 90:8–9
- 8 Psalm 50:15; Psalm 37:5; Job 22:21; 2 Chronicles 33:12–13; 1 Peter 4:19
- 9 Psalm 40:5; Job 9:10; Psalm 86:10; Psalm 72:18; Job 11:7–9
- 10 Jeremiah 5:24; Acts 14:17; Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 14:22; Psalm 65:9–11
- 11 Psalm 113:7; Luke 6:21; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Luke 1:52–53; Psalm 107:41
- 12 Psalm 33:10–11; Psalm 21:11; Isaiah 8:10; Proverbs 21:30; Psalm 37:17
- 13 1 Corinthians 3:19; Psalm 9:15–16; Psalm 7:15–16; Luke 1:51; 1 Corinthians 1:19–20
- 14 Job 12:25; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:10; Proverbs 4:19; Amos 8:9
- 15 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 140:12; Psalm 109:31; Psalm 72:4; Psalm 10:17
- 16 Psalm 107:42; Psalm 63:11; 1 Samuel 2:8–9; Romans 3:19; Exodus 11:7
- 17 James 1:12; Psalm 94:12; Proverbs 3:11–12; Revelation 3:19; James 5:11
- 18 Hosea 6:1; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 30:26; 1 Samuel 2:6
- 19 Psalm 34:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Psalm 91:3–10; Proverbs 24:16; 2 Peter 2:9
- 20 Psalm 33:19; Hosea 13:14; Genesis 45:7; Psalm 37:19; 1 Kings 17:6
- 21 Psalm 31:20; Psalm 91:5–7; Proverbs 12:18; Jeremiah 18:18; Psalm 55:21
- 22 Ezekiel 34:25; Isaiah 35:9; Psalm 91:13; Hosea 2:18; Isaiah 65:25
- 23 Leviticus 26:6; Daniel 6:22; Isaiah 11:6–9; Psalm 91:12–13; Hosea 2:18
- 24 Psalm 121:7–8; Psalm 91:10; Job 8:6; Isaiah 4:5–6; Deuteronomy 28:6
- 25 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 72:16; Deuteronomy 28:4; Genesis 15:5; Job 42:13–16
- 26 Job 42:16–17; Proverbs 9:11; Psalm 91:16; Genesis 15:15; Proverbs 10:27
- 27 Psalm 111:2; Proverbs 9:12; Job 32:11–12; Deuteronomy 10:13; Proverbs 2:3–5
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… eye on virgins, according to the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, Behold a virgin shall conceive and bare a Son and shall call His name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us,' in order that he who taketh the wise in their own craftiness may deceive him who always glorieth in his wisdom, the maiden is given in marriage …
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