Job 16
Thomson 1808
Brenton 1851
Greek · Brenton
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ThomsonI have heard many such things, ye miserable comforters all!
BrentonI have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.
GreekἈκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλὰ, παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες.
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Thomsonwhat! have words of wind a regular succession? Or can they give thee offence, considering thine answer?
BrentonWhat! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?
GreekΤί γάρ; μὴ τάξις ἐστὶ ῥήμασι πνεύματος; ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ;
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ThomsonI indeed could speak as you do. But were your soul in my soul’s stead, would I insult you with words and shake my head at you?
BrentonI also will speak as ye 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.
GreekΚᾀγὼ καθʼ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω· εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς, εἶτʼ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασι· κινήσω δὲ καθʼ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν.
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ThomsonAnd should there be strength in my mouth; would I not spare moving my lips?
BrentonAnd would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.
GreekΕἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου, κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι.
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ThomsonFor if I speak shall I not bemoan the wound? And if I hold my peace, shall I be any the less wounded?
BrentonFor 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?
GreekἘὰν γὰρ λαλήσω, οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω, τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι;
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ThomsonBut now when He hath made me a poor rotten fool;
BrentonBut now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.
GreekΝῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκε μωρὸν σεσηπότα, καὶ ἐπελάβου μου.
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Thomsonthou indeed hast fallen upon me. My lie is become a witness, and hath risen up against me—it hath answered me to my face.
BrentonMy falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.
GreekΕἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη, καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου, κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη.
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ThomsonWhen in His wrath He threw me down and gnashed His teeth at me; the darts of his executioners fell upon me.
BrentonIn his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
GreekὈργῇ χρησάμενος κατέβαλέ με, ἔβρυξεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας, βέλη πειρατῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ ἔπεσαν.
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ThomsonWhen with the darts of His eyes He had transfixed me—with His spear had brought me on my knees: they with one consent rushed upon me.
BrentonHe has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.
GreekἈκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο, ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέ με εἰς τὰ γόνατα, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπʼ ἐμοί.
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ThomsonThe Lord hath indeed delivered me up to the unrighteous; and turned me over to the ungodly.
BrentonFor the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly.
GreekΠαρέδωκε γάρ με ὁ Κύριος εἰς χείρας ἀδίκων, ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔῤῥιψέ με.
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ThomsonWhen I was at peace He broke me up—taking me by the hair He shook me—He set me up as a mark.
BrentonWhen 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.
GreekΕἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέ με· λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλε, κατέστησέ με ὥσπερ σκοπόν.
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ThomsonThey surrounded me with javelins, darting them into my reins—without mercy they poured my gall on the ground.
BrentonThey surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.
GreekἘκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου, οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου·
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ThomsonThey shot me, one deadly wound on another—they ran against me with all their might.
BrentonThey overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in their might.
GreekΚατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι, ἔδραμον πρὸς μὲ δυνάμενοι.
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ThomsonThey sewed sackcloth on my skin: and my strength was extinguished in the dust.
BrentonThey sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
GreekΣάκκον ἔῤῥαψαν ἐπὶ βύρσης μου, τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη.
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ThomsonMy belly was burned up with wailing; and on mine eyelids were the shades of death:
BrentonMy belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.
GreekἩ γαστήρ μου συγκέκαυται ἀπὸ κλαυθμοῦ, ἐπὶ δὲ βλεφάροις μου σκιά.
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Thomsonyet there was no iniquity in my hands. And my prayer was pure.
BrentonYet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
GreekἌδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσί μου, εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά.
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ThomsonO earth, cover not the blood of my flesh, nor let there be a place for this cry of mine.
BrentonEarth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
GreekΓῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφʼ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.
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ThomsonEven now, behold my witness is in heaven; and He who hath a perfect knowledge of me is on high.
BrentonAnd now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
GreekΚαὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὁ μάρτυς μου, ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοις.
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ThomsonO that my suit could come before the Lord, and that before Him mine eye could drop a tear!
BrentonLet my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
GreekἈφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς Κύριον, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός.
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ThomsonThat a man could plead before the Lord, as a son of man may with his neighbour!
BrentonOh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbour!
GreekΕἴη δὲ ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὶ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
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ThomsonBut my numbered days are come, and I must go the way, by which I cannot return.
BrentonBut my years are numbered and their end come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.
GreekἜτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ ἥκασιν, ὁδῷ δὲ ᾗ οὐκ ἐπαναστραφήσομαι, πορεύσομαι.