Comparison
Job 23
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 | Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. | Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστι, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπʼ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ. |
| 3 | Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? | Τίς δʼ ἄρα γνοίη, ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος; |
| 4 | I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. | Εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα, τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαι ἐλέγχων. |
| 5 | That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. | Γνοίην δὲ ἰάματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ, αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ. |
| 6 | I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness. | Καὶ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύϊ ἐπελεύσεταί μοι, εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται. |
| 7 | Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory. | Ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου. |
| 8 | But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. | Εἰ γὰρ πρῶτος πορεύσομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμὶ, τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις, τί οἶδα; |
| 9 | If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. | Ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον, περιβαλεῖ δεξιὰ καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι· |
| 10 | But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: | Οἶδε γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου· διέκρινε δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον. |
| 11 | My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. | Ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ, ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ, |
| 12 | I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. | καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω, ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ. |
| 13 | For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done. | Εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ; ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησε, καὶ ἐποίησε. |
| 14 | And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him. | — |
| 15 | And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear. | Διὰ τοῦτο ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα· νουθετούμενος δὲ, ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ. Ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ· κατανοήσω, καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ. |
| 16 | God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me. | Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνε τὴν καρδίαν μου· ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέ με. |
| 17 | For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. | Οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος, πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψε γνόφος. |
