Job 29

KJV

1  Moreover³²⁵⁴ Job³⁴⁷ continued⁵³⁷⁵ his parable,⁴⁹¹² and said,⁵⁵⁹

2  Oh that⁴³¹⁰ I were⁵⁴¹⁴ as in months³³⁹¹ past,⁶⁹²⁴ as in the days³¹¹⁷ when God⁴³³ preserved⁸¹⁰⁴ me;

3  When his candle⁵²¹⁶ shined¹⁹⁸⁴ upon⁵⁹²¹ my head,⁷²¹⁸ and when by his light²¹⁶ I walked¹⁹⁸⁰ through darkness;²⁸²²

4  As⁸³⁴ I was¹⁹⁶¹ in the days³¹¹⁷ of my youth,²⁷⁷⁹ when the secret⁵⁴⁷⁵ of God⁴³³ was upon⁵⁹²¹ my tabernacle;¹⁶⁸

5  When the Almighty⁷⁷⁰⁶ was yet⁵⁷⁵⁰ with⁵⁹⁷⁸ me, when my children⁵²⁸⁸ were about⁵⁴³⁹ me;

6  When I washed⁷³⁶⁴ my steps¹⁹⁷⁸ with butter,²⁵²⁹ and the rock⁶⁶⁹⁷ poured me out^{6694 5978} rivers⁶³⁸⁸ of oil;⁸⁰⁸¹

7  When I went out³³¹⁸ to the gate⁸¹⁷⁹ through⁵⁹²¹ the city,⁷¹⁷⁶ when I prepared³⁵⁵⁹ my seat⁴¹⁸⁶ in the street!⁷³³⁹

8  The young men⁵²⁸⁸ saw⁷²⁰⁰ me, and hid themselves:²²⁴⁴ and the aged³⁴⁵³ arose,⁶⁹⁶⁵ and stood up.⁵⁹⁷⁵

9  The princes⁸²⁶⁹ refrained⁶¹¹³ talking,⁴⁴⁰⁵ and laid⁷⁷⁶⁰ their hand³⁷⁰⁹ on their mouth.⁶³¹⁰

10  The nobles⁵⁰⁵⁷ held²²⁴⁴ their peace,⁶⁹⁶³ and their tongue³⁹⁵⁶ cleaved¹⁶⁹² to the roof of their mouth.²⁴⁴¹

11  When³⁵⁸⁸ the ear²⁴¹ heard⁸⁰⁸⁵ me, then it blessed⁸³³ me; and when the eye⁵⁸⁶⁹ saw⁷²⁰⁰ me, it gave witness⁵⁷⁴⁹ to me:

12  Because³⁵⁸⁸ I delivered⁴⁴²² the poor⁶⁰⁴¹ that cried,⁷⁷⁶⁸ and the fatherless,³⁴⁹⁰ and him that had none³⁸⁰⁸ to help⁵⁸²⁶ him.

13  The blessing¹²⁹³ of him that was ready to perish⁶ came⁹³⁵ upon⁵⁹²¹ me: and I caused the widow's⁴⁹⁰ heart³⁸²⁰ to sing for joy.⁷⁴⁴²

14  I put on³⁸⁴⁷ righteousness,⁶⁶⁶⁴ and it clothed³⁸⁴⁷ me: my judgment⁴⁹⁴¹ was as a robe⁴⁵⁹⁸ and a diadem.⁶⁷⁹⁷

15  I was¹⁹⁶¹ eyes⁵⁸⁶⁹ to the blind,⁵⁷⁸⁷ and feet⁷²⁷² was I⁵⁸⁹ to the lame.⁶⁴⁵⁵

16  I⁵⁹⁵ was a father¹ to the poor:³⁴ and the cause⁷³⁷⁹ which I knew³⁰⁴⁵ not³⁸⁰⁸ I searched out.²⁷¹³

17  And I broke⁷⁶⁶⁵ the jaws⁴⁹⁷³ of the wicked,⁵⁷⁶⁷ and plucked⁷⁹⁹³ the spoil²⁹⁶⁴ out of his teeth.^{4480 8127}

18  Then I said,⁵⁵⁹ I shall die¹⁴⁷⁸ in⁵⁹⁷³ my nest,⁷⁰⁶⁴ and I shall multiply⁷²³⁵ my days³¹¹⁷ as the sand.²³⁴⁴

19  My root⁸³²⁸ was spread out⁶⁶⁰⁵ by⁴¹³ the waters,⁴³²⁵ and the dew²⁹¹⁹ lay all night³⁸⁸⁵ upon my branch.⁷¹⁰⁵

20  My glory³⁵¹⁹ was fresh²³¹⁹ in⁵⁹⁷⁸ me, and my bow⁷¹⁹⁸ was renewed²⁴⁹⁸ in my hand.³⁰²⁷

21  Unto me men gave ear,⁸⁰⁸⁵ and waited,³¹⁷⁶ and kept silence¹⁸²⁶ at³⁹²⁶ my counsel.⁶⁰⁹⁸

22  After³¹⁰ my words¹⁶⁹⁷ they spoke not again^{8138 3808} and my speech⁴⁴⁰⁵ dropped⁵¹⁹⁷ upon⁵⁹²¹ them.

23  And they waited³¹⁷⁶ for me as for the rain;⁴³⁰⁶ and they opened⁶⁴⁷³ their mouth⁶³¹⁰ wide as for the latter rain.⁴⁴⁵⁶

24  If I laughed⁷⁸³² on⁴¹³ them, they believed⁵³⁹ it not;³⁸⁰⁸ and the light²¹⁶ of my countenance⁶⁴⁴⁰ they cast not down.^{5307 3808}

25  I chose out⁹⁷⁷ their way,¹⁸⁷⁰ and sat³⁴²⁷ chief,⁷²¹⁸ and dwelt⁷⁹³¹ as a king⁴⁴²⁸ in the army,¹⁴¹⁶ as⁸³⁴ one that comforteth⁵¹⁶² the mourners.⁵⁷

Sep

1 ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ

2 τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν ὧν με ὁ θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν

3 ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει

4 ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδοῖς ὅτε ὁ θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου

5 ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες

6 ὅτε ἐχέοντό μου αἱ ὁδοὶ βουτύρῳ τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι

7 ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος

8 ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν

9 ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι

10 οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη

11 ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐμακάρισέν με ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινεν

12 διέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου καὶ ὀρφανῷ ᾧ οὐκ ἦν βοηθός ἐβοήθησα

13 εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι στόμα δὲ χήρας με εὐλόγησεν

14 δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνεδεδύκειν ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοΐδι

15 ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν

16 ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων δίκην δέ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα

17 συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων ἐκ δὲ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξέσπασα

18 εἶπα δέ ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω

19 ἡ ῥίζα μου διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου

20 ἡ δόξα μου καινὴ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται

21 ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ

22 ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἐμῷ ῥήματι οὐ προσέθεντο περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν

23 ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν

24 ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσιν καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν

25 ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν

Tan

‎1 ‏וַיֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יּוֹב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁל֗וֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

‎2 ‏מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֥נִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝ימֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃

‎3 ‏בְּהִלּ֣וֹ נֵ֭רוֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אוֹרוֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

‎4 ‏כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָ֭יִיתִי בִּימֵ֣י חָרְפִּ֑י בְּס֥וֹד אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ עֲלֵ֣י אָהֳלִֽי׃

‎5 ‏בְּע֣וֹד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣י נְעָרָֽי׃

‎6 ‏בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃

‎7 ‏בְּצֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃

‎8 ‏רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃

‎9 ‏שָׂ֭רִים עָצְר֣וּ בְמִלִּ֑ים וְ֝כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃

‎10 ‏קוֹל־נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם לְחִכָּ֥ם דָּבֵֽקָה׃

‎11 ‏כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃

‎12 ‏כִּֽי־אֲ֭מַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָת֗וֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

‎13 ‏בִּרְכַּ֣ת אֹ֭בֵד עָלַ֣י תָּבֹ֑א וְלֵ֖ב אַלְמָנָ֣ה אַרְנִֽן׃

‎14 ‏צֶ֣דֶק לָ֭בַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁ֑נִי כִּמְעִ֥יל³ וְ֝צָנִ֗יף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

‎15 ‏עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּ֑ר וְרַגְלַ֖יִם לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי׃

‎16 ‏אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃

‎17 ‏וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף׃

‎18 ‏וָ֭אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃

‎19 ‏שָׁרְשִׁ֣י פָת֣וּחַ אֱלֵי־מָ֑יִם וְ֝טַ֗ל יָלִ֥ין בִּקְצִירִֽי׃

‎20 ‏כְּ֭בוֹדִי חָדָ֣שׁ עִמָּדִ֑י וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י בְּיָדִ֥י תַחֲלִֽיף׃

‎21 ‏לִֽי־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמ֣וֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃

‎22 ‏אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃

‎23 ‏וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃

‎24 ‏אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵהֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ וְא֥וֹר פָּ֝נַ֗י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּן׃

‎25 ‏אֶֽבֲחַ֣ר דַּרְכָּם֮ וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב רֹ֥אשׁ וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּגְּד֑וּד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבֵלִ֣ים יְנַחֵֽם׃

Vul

1 Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:

2 [Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos,
secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?

3 Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum,
et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:

4 sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ,
quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:

5 quando erat Omnipotens mecum,
et in circuitu meo pueri mei:

6 quando lavabam pedes meos butyro,
et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:

7 quando procedebam ad portam civitatis,
et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.

8 Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur:
et senes assurgentes stabant.

9 Principes cessabant loqui,
et digitum superponebant ori suo.

10 Vocem suam cohibebant duces,
et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.

11 Auris audiens beatificabat me,
et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:

12 eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem,
et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.

13 Benedictio perituri super me veniebat,
et cor viduæ consolatus sum.

14 Justitia indutus sum,
et vestivi me, sicut vestimento et diademate, judicio meo.

15 Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.

16 Pater eram pauperum,
et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.

17 Conterebam molas iniqui,
et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.

18 Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar,
et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.

19 Radix mea aperta est secus aquas,
et ros morabitur in messione mea.

20 Gloria mea semper innovabitur,
et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.

21 Qui me audiebant, expectabant sententiam,
et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.

22 Verbis meis addere nihil audebant,
et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.

23 Expectabant me sicut pluviam,
et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.

24 Siquando ridebam ad eos, non credebant:
et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.

25 Si voluissem ire ad eos, sedebam primus:
cumque sederem quasi rex, circumstante exercitu,
eram tamen mœrentium consolator.]