Comparison
Job 21
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then Job answered, and said: | Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει, |
| 2 | Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance. | Ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων, ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρʼ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις. |
| 3 | Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words. | Ἄρατέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ λαλήσω, εἶτʼ οὐ καταγελάσετέ μου. |
| 4 | Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled? | Τί γάρ; μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις; ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι; |
| 5 | Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your mouth. | Εἰσβλέψαντες εἰς ἐμὲ θαυμάσετε, χεῖρα θέντες ἐπὶ σιαγόνι. |
| 6 | As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | Ἐάν τε γὰρ μνησθῶ, ἐσπούδακα· ἔχουσι δέ μου τὰς σάρκας ὀδύναι. |
| 7 | Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? | Διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσι, πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ; |
| 8 | Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children’s children in their sight. | Ὁ σπόρος αὐτῶν κατὰ ψυχὴν, τὰ δὲ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς. |
| 9 | Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them. | Οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσι, φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ, μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ Κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς. |
| 10 | Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit. | Ἡ βοῦς αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠμοτόκησε, διεσώθη δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα καὶ οὐκ ἔσφαλε. |
| 11 | Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play. | Μένουσι δὲ ὡς πρόβατα αἰώνια, τὰ δὲ παιδία αὐτῶν προσπαίζουσιν, |
| 12 | They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. | ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν, καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ. |
| 13 | They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell. | Συνετέλεσαν δὲ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς τὸν βίον αὐτῶν, ἐν δὲ ἀναπαύσει ᾅδου ἐκοιμήθησαν. |
| 14 | Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. | Λέγει δὲ Κυρίῳ, ἀπόστα ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, ὁδούς σου εἰδέναι οὐ βούλομαι. |
| 15 | Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him? | Τί ἱκανὸς, ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ; καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ; |
| 16 | Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me. | Ἐν χερσὶ γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθὰ, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ. |
| 17 | How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath? | Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται, ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφὴ, ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς. |
| 18 | They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth. | Ἔσονται δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυρα ὑπʼ ἀνέμου, ἢ ὥσπερ κονιορτὸς ὃν ὑφείλετο λαίλαψ. |
| 19 | God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know. | Ἐκλείποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ, ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται. |
| 20 | His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | Ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγὴν, ἀπὸ δὲ Κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη. |
| 21 | For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half? | Ὅτι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν. |
| 22 | Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high? | Πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην; αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρίνει; |
| 23 | One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy. | Οὗτος ἀποθανεῖται ἐν κράτει ἁπλοσύνης αὐτοῦ, ὅλος δὲ εὐπαθῶν καὶ εὐθηνῶν. |
| 24 | His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow. | Τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοὺ πλήρη στέατος, μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται. |
| 25 | But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches: | Ὁ δὲ τελευτᾷ ὑπὸ πικρίας ψυχῆς, οὐ φαγὼν οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν. |
| 26 | And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them. | Ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται, σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν. |
| 27 | Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against me. | Ὥστε οἶδα ὑμᾶς, ὅτι τόλμῃ ἐπίκεισθέ μοι· |
| 28 | For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? | Ὥστε ἐρεῖτε, ποῦ ἐστιν οἶκος ἄρχοντος; καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ σκέπη τῶν σκηνωμάτων τῶν ἀσεβῶν; |
| 29 | Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things. | Ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδὸν, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε. |
| 30 | Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath. | Ὅτι εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπωλείας κουφίζεται ὁ πονηρὸς, εἰς ἡμέραν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαχθήσονται. |
| 31 | Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? | Τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ ἐπὶ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησε; τίς ἀνταποδώσει αὐτῷ; |
| 32 | He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead. | Καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τάφους ἀπηνέχθη, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ σωρῶν ἠγρύπνησεν. |
| 33 | He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him. | Ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάῤῥου, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι. |
| 34 | How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth? | Πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά; τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφʼ ὑμῶν οὐδέν. |
