Job 23
1 Then responded Job, and said: —
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
2 Even to-day, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning.
καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπ’ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
τίς δ’ ἄρα γνοίη ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος
4 I would set out, before him, a plea, and, my mouth, would I fill with arguments;
εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαιμι ἐλέγχων
5 I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me.
γνῴην δὲ ῥήματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ
6 Would he, with fulness of might, contend with me? Nay, surely, he, would give heed to me!
καὶ εἰ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται
7 There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου
8 Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;
εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμί τὰ δὲ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοις τί οἶδα
9 On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.
ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον περιβαλεῖ δεξιά καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι
10 But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.
οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον
11 Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω
12 The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ
13 But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.
εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ ὃ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν καὶ ἐποίησεν
14 Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.
15 For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
διὰ τοῦτο ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα νουθετούμενος δὲ ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ κατανοήσω καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ
16 Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.
κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.
οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος
