Job 23

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει

Then Job answered and said,

καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπ᾿ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ

Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; And his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.

τίς δ᾿ ἄρα γνοίη ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος

Who would then know that I might find him, And come to an end of the matter?

εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαιμι ἐλέγχων

And I would plead my own cause, And he would fill my mouth with arguments.

γνῴην δὲ ῥήματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ

And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, And I would perceive what he would tell me.

καὶ εἰ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται

Though he should come on me in his great strength, Then he would not threaten me;

ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου

For truth and reproof are from him; And he would bring forth my judgment to an end.

εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμί τὰ δὲ ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτοις τί οἶδα

For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, Still what do I know concerning the latter end?

ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον περιβαλεῖ δεξιά καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι

When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: His right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it.

οἶδεν γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου διέκρινεν δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον

For he knows already my way; And he has tried me as gold.

ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω

And I will go forth according to his commandments, For I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,

ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ

Neither shall I transgress; But I have hidden his words in my bosom.

εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ ὃ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν καὶ ἐποίησεν

And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, For he has both willed a thing and done it.

διὰ τοῦτο ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα νουθετούμενος δὲ ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ

Therefore am I troubled at him; And when I was reproved, I thought of him.

ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ κατανοήσω καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ

Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him.

κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με

But the Lord has softened my heart, And the Almighty has troubled me.

οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος

For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, And thick darkness has covered me before my face.