Comparison
Job 17
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me. | Spiritus meus attenuabitur; dies mei breviabuntur: et solum mihi superest sepulchrum. | Ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω. |
| 2 | I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. | Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus. | Λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας; |
| 3 | Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me. | Libera me, Domine, et pone me iuxta te, et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me. | ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω. |
| 4 | Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. | Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina: propterea non exaltabuntur. | Ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς. |
| 5 | He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. | Praedam pollicetur sociis, et oculi filiorum eius deficient. | Τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας· ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφʼ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν. |
| 6 | He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them. | Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi, et exemplum sum coram eis. | Ἔθου δέ με θρύλλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην. |
| 7 | My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. | Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus, et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt. | Πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων. |
| 8 | The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite. | Stupebunt iusti super hoc, et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur. | Θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη. |
| 9 | And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. | Et tenebit iustus viam suam, et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem. | Σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδὸν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος. |
| 10 | Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. | Igitur omnes vos convertimini, et venite, et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem. | Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε καὶ δεῦτε δὴ, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές. |
| 11 | My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. | Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt, torquentes cor meum. | Αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐῤῥάγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου. |
| 12 | They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. | Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem. | Νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους. |
| 13 | If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. | Si sustinuero, infernus domus mea est, et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum. | Ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνοφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή. |
| 14 | If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. | Putredini dixi: Pater meus es; Mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus. | Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν. |
| 15 | Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience? | Ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea? et patientiam meam quis considerat? | Ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπὶς, ἢ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι; |
| 16 | All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest? | In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea: putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi? | Ἢ μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσονται; ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα; |
