Job 16

1 ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἰὼβ λέγει·

1 But Job answered and said,

2 ἀκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλά, παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες.

2 I have heard many such things: poor comforters are you⌃ all.

3 τί γάρ; μὴ τάξις ἐστὶ ρήμασι πνεύματος; ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι, ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ;

3 What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder you from answering?

4 κἀγὼ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω, εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς· εἶτ᾿ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ρήμασι, κινήσω δὲ καθ᾿ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν·

4 I also will speak as you⌃ [do]: if indeed your soul were in my [soul's] stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you. (verse 16:4-5 in Brenton's English)

5 εἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου, κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι.

5 And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips. (verse 6 in Brenton's English)

6 ἐὰν γὰρ λαλήσω, οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω, τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι;

6 For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less? (verse 7 in Brenton's English)

7 νῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκε, μωρόν, σεσηπότα,

7 But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and you have laid hold of me. (verse 8 in Brenton's English)

8 καὶ ἐπελάβου μου, εἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη· καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου, κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη.

8 My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face. (verse 9 in Brenton's English)

9 ὀργῇ χρησάμενος κατέβαλέ με, ἔβρυξεν ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας, βέλη πειρατῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ ἐμοὶ ἔπεσεν.

9 In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me. (verse 10 in Brenton's English)

10 ἀκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο, ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέ με εἰς τὰ γόνατα, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπ᾿ ἐμοί·

10 He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp [spear] he has struck me [down] upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord. (verse 11 in Brenton's English)

11 παρέδωκε γάρ με ὁ Κύριος εἰς χεῖρας ἀδίκων, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔρριψέ με.

11 For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly. (verse 12 in Brenton's English)

12 εἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέ με, λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλε, κατέστησέ με ὥσπερ σκοπόν.

12 When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark. (verse 13 in Brenton's English)

13 ἐκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου, οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου·

13 They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing [me] they poured out my gall upon the ground. (verse 14 in Brenton's English)

14 κατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι, ἔδραμον πρός με δυνάμενοι.

14 They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in [their] might. (verse 15 in Brenton's English)

15 σάκκον ἔρραψαν ἐπὶ βύρσης μου, τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη.

15 They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground. (verse 16 in Brenton's English)

16 ἡ γαστήρ μου συγκέκαυται ἀπὸ κλαυθμοῦ, ἐπὶ δὲ βλεφάροις μου σκιά.

16 My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids. (verse 17 in Brenton's English)

17 ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσί μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.

17 Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure. (verse 18 in Brenton's English)

18 γῆ, μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃ ἐφ᾿ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.

18 Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place. (verse 19 in Brenton's English)

19 καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὁ μάρτυς μου, ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοις.

19 And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high. (verse 20 in Brenton's English)

20 ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.

20 Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let my eye weep before him. (verse 21 in Brenton's English)

21 εἴη δὲ ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὶ ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.

21 Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even [as] the son of man with his neighbour! (verse 22 in Brenton's English)

22 ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ ἥκασιν, ὁδῷ δέ, ᾖ οὐκ ἐπαναστραφήσομαι, πορεύσομαι.

22 But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return. (verse 23 in Brenton's English)