The book of Job continues with a visitation by three friends. Job’s friends bring provocation rather than comfort, angering the Lord (Job 42:7, 8 NET):
After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has [Table]. So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
The Septuagint seems more expansive in its criticism of Job’s friends’ words than the Masoretic text.
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Job 42:7, 8 (NETS)
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Job 42:7, 8 (English Elpenor)
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| Now it happened after the Lord spoke all these words to Iob, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaimanite, “You have sinned, and your two friends, for you have spoken nothing true (ἀληθὲς οὐδὲν) in my presence, as has my attendant Iob. |
And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, [that] the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaemanite, Thou hast sinned, and thy two friends: for ye have not said anything true (ἀληθὲς οὐδὲν) before me, as my servant Job [has]. |
| Now then, take seven calves and seven rams, and go to my attendant Iob, and he will make offerings for you, and Iob, my attendant, will pray for you, [because only his face will I accept] for, if not for him, I would have destroyed you; for what you spoke against my attendant Job is not true (ἀληθὲς).” |
Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt-offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for ye have not spoken the truth (ἀληθὲς) against my servant Job. |
Apparently it is neither novel nor curious to translate נכונה (kûn), the thing that is right (Tanakh, KJV) or what is right (NET), ἀληθὲς in the Septuagint. The first occurrence in Genesis follows:
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Masoretic Text
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Septuagint
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Genesis 41:32 (Tanakh) Table
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Genesis 41:32 (NET)
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Genesis 41:32 (NETS) Table
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Genesis 41:32 (English Elpenor)
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| And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established (נָכ֤וֹן) by G-d, and G-d will shortly bring it to pass. |
The dream was repeated to Pharaoh because the matter has been decreed (kûn, נכון) by God, and God will make it happen soon. |
And as for Pharao’s dream being repeated twice: because the matter that is from God will be real (ἀληθὲς ἔσται), and God will hasten to do it. |
And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharao twice, [it is] because the saying which is from God shall be true (ἀληθὲς ἔσται), and God will hasten to accomplish it. |
The Hebrew word אלי (‘ēl) was translated of me (Tanakh, KJV) and about me (NET) in both Job 42:7 and 8. The rabbis who translated the Septuagint understood it as ἐνώπιόν μου, in my presence (NETS) and before me (English Elpenor), in verse 7, and κατὰ , against, in verse 8, if אלי (‘ēl) was the word they found in the Hebrew text they translated. Actually, the entire final clause is identical in the Hebrew of the Masoretic text.
The essentially Greek nature of the philosophical bent of my mind hears of me (Tanakh, KJV) and about me (NET) as a limitation of the Lord’s criticism specifically to what Job’s friends’ spoke about the Lord. Rather than assuming that the entire final clause of both verses 7 and 8 was altered by the Masoretes after the Septuagint was translated, perhaps I should understand that the rabbis foreknew the error of the essentially Greek nature of the philosophical bent of my mind.
Perhaps they have explained to me that אלי (‘ēl) does not limit the Lord’s criticism. On the contrary, since from him and through him and to him are all things, Job’s friends have not said anything true (English Elpenor), and since Job was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil, everything they said was against Job: The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.
Despite knowing the end and the beginning of the book of Job, when I’ve read it in the past I’ve gotten bogged down. My religious mind favors the arguments of Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar over those of Job. I hope this study will help me to know God better and to discern the errors of my religious mind.
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Masoretic Text
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Septuagint
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Job 2:11-13 (Tanakh/KJV)
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Job 2:11-13 (NET)
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Job 2:11-13 (NETS)
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Job 2:11-13 (English Elpenor)
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| Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil (הָֽרָעָ֣ה) that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. |
When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity (raʿ, הרעה) that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him |
Now when his three friends heard of all the troubles (τὰ κακὰ) that had come upon him, they came to him, each one from his own country—Eliphaz, the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad, the tyrant of the Sauchites, Sophar, the king of the Minites. And they came to him of one accord, to comfort and to visit with him. |
Now his three friends having heard of all the evil (τὰ κακὰ) that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of the Kinaeans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him. |
| And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. |
But when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him, and they cried out with a loud voice and wept; each of them tore his robe, and they sprinkled themselves with dust. |
And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they cried with a loud voice, and wept, and rent every one his garment, and sprinkled dust upon [their heads], |
| So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. |
Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great. |
They sat with him seven days, [and seven nights] and none of them spoke, for they saw that the calamity was dire and very great. |
and they sat down beside him seven days and seven nights, and not one of them spoke; for they saw that his affliction was dreadful and very great. |
I visited some with my mother everyday she was in hospice care, but nothing like this. Job was first to break the silence.
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Masoretic Text
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Septuagint
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Job 3:1-3 (Tanakh/KJV)
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Job 3:1-3 (NET)
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Job 3:1-3 (NETS)
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Job 3:1-3 (English Elpenor)
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| After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed (וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל) his day. |
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed (qālal, ויקלל) the day he was born. |
After this Iob opened his mouth and cursed (κατηράσατο) his day, |
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed (κατηράσατο) his day, |
| And Job spake, and said, |
Job spoke up and said: |
saying: |
saying, |
| Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. |
“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’ |
“May the day perish in which I was born, and the night in which they said, ‘Look, a man-child!’ |
Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a man-child! |
Moses had a similar lament:
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Masoretic Text
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Septuagint
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Numbers 11:10-15 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:10-15 (NET)
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Numbers 11:10-15 (NETS)
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Numbers 11:10-15 (English Elpenor)
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| And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of HaShem was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. |
Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased. |
And Moyses heard them weeping in their divisions. each one at his door. And the Lord was greatly angered with wrath, and before Moyses it was evil. |
And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses. |
| And Moses said unto HaShem: ‘Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in Thy sight, that Thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? |
And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? |
And Moyses said to the Lord, “Why have you mistreated your attendant, and why have I not found favor before you, to lay the onslaught of this people upon me? |
And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me? |
| Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers? |
Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to their fathers? |
Was it I who carried in the womb all this people, or was it I who gave birth to them, that you are saying to me, ‘Take them to your bosom, as a nurse might take up the sucking child,’ into the land, which you swore to their fathers? |
Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou swarest to their fathers? |
| Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat. |
From where shall I get meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat!’ |
From where do I get meat to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me, saying, ‘Give us meat so that we may eat!’ |
Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. |
| I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, because it is too heavy for me. |
I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me! |
I shall not be able to bear this people alone, because this thing is too heavy for me. |
I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me. |
| And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.’ |
But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.” |
But if this is how you are going to treat me, kill me by slaying if I have found mercy with you so that I may not see my suffering.” |
And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction. |
Job lamenting the day of his birth seems benign by comparison.
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Masoretic Text
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Septuagint
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Job 3:4 (Tanakh/KJV)
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Job 3:4 (NET)
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Job 3:4 (NETS)
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Job 3:4 (English Elpenor)
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| Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above (מִמָּ֑עַל), neither let the light shine upon it. |
That day—let it be darkness; let not God on high (maʿal, ממעל) regard it, nor let light shine on it! |
May that day be darkness! And may the Lord above (ἄνωθεν) not seek it, or light come to it. |
Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above (ἄνωθεν), neither let light come upon it. |
I’ll pause here a moment to point out that the Hebrew word מִמָּ֑עַל (maʿal), from above (Tanakh/KJV), on high (NET) was translated ἄνωθεν, above (NETS), from above (English Elpenor), in the Septuagint. “I tell you the solemn truth,” Jesus said to Nicodemus, “unless a person is born from above (ἄνωθεν), he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above (ἄνωθεν).’
Job continued to lament the day of his birth:
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Masoretic Text
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Septuagint
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Job 3:5-10 (Tanakh/KJV)
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Job 3:5-10 (NET)
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Job 3:5-10 (NETS)
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Job 3:5-10 (English Elpenor)
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| Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it. |
But may darkness and deathly shadow seize it. May gloom come upon it. |
But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it; |
| As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. |
That night—let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! |
May that day and night be cursed; may darkness carry it away! May it not exist among the days of the year or be numbered among the days of the months. |
let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months. |
| Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. |
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it! |
Rather, may the night be anguish, and may gladness and joy not come upon it. |
But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy. |
| Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning (לִוְיָתָֽן). |
Let those who curse the day curse it—those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan (livyāṯān, לויתן). |
Rather, may he who curses that day curse it—he who is about to subdue the great sea-monster (κῆτος). |
But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale (κῆτος). |
| Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: |
Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn, |
May the stars of that night be dark; may it remain so and not be lit up, and may it not see the morning-star rising— |
Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise: |
| Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. |
because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. |
because it did not shut the gates of my mother’s womb, for it would have put away trouble from my eyes. |
because it shut not up the gates of my mother’s womb, for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes. |
Job wasn’t finished but I want to consider a similar lament voiced by Jeremiah:
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Septuagint
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Jeremiah 20:14-18 (Tanakh/KJV)
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Jeremiah 20:14-18 (NET)
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Jeremiah 20:14-18 (NETS)
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Jeremiah 20:14-18 (English Elpenor)
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| Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. |
Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. |
Cursed be the day on which I was born on it! The day on which my mother bore me—let it not be longed for! |
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed. |
| Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. |
Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him! |
Cursed be the person who brought the good news to my father, saying, “A male child was born to you,” being glad. |
Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee. |
| And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; |
May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon. |
Let that person be like the cities that the Lord overthrew in anger and did not repent; let him hear a cry in the morning and a shouting at noon, |
Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon; |
| Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. |
For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. |
because he did not kill me in the womb, and my mother became my grave and the womb one of perpetual conception. |
because he slew me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me. |
| Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? |
Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame. |
Why is it that I came forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and my days continued in shame? |
Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame? |
I’ll continue with Job’s lament in another essay.
Tables comparing Job 42:8; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; Numbers 11:10; 11:11; 11:12; 11:13; 11:14; 11:15; Job 3:4; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 3:9; 3:10; Jeremiah 20:14; 20:15; 20:16; 20:17 and 20:18 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and tables comparing the Greek of Job 42:8; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13; 3:1 (3:1, 2a); 3:2 (3:2b); 3:3; Numbers 11:10; 11:11; 11:12; 11:13; 11:14; 11:15; Job 3:4; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 3:9; 3:10; Jeremiah 20:14; 20:15; 20:16; 20:17 and 20:18 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor) follow.
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Job 42:8 (Tanakh)
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Job 42:8 (KJV)
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Job 42:8 (NET)
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| Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. |
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. |
So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.” |
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Job 42:8 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 42:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| νῦν δὲ λάβετε ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριοὺς καὶ πορεύθητε πρὸς τὸν θεράποντά μου Ιωβ καὶ ποιήσει κάρπωσιν περὶ ὑμῶν Ιωβ δὲ ὁ θεράπων μου εὔξεται περὶ ὑμῶν ὅτι εἰ μὴ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ λήμψομαι εἰ μὴ γὰρ δι᾽ αὐτόν ἀπώλεσα ἂν ὑμᾶς οὐ γὰρ ἐλαλήσατε ἀληθὲς κατὰ τοῦ θεράποντός μου Ιωβ |
νῦν δὲ λάβετε ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριοὺς καὶ πορεύθητε πρὸς τὸν θεράποντά μου ᾿Ιώβ, καὶ ποιήσει κάρπωσιν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν. ᾿Ιὼβ δὲ ὁ θεράπων μου εὔξεται περὶ ὑμῶν, ὅτι εἰ μὴ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ λήψομαι· εἰ μὴ γὰρ δι᾿ αὐτόν, ἀπώλεσα ἂν ὑμᾶς· οὐ γὰρ ἐλαλήσατε ἀληθὲς κατὰ τοῦ θεράποντός μου ᾿Ιώβ |
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Job 42:8 (NETS)
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Job 42:8 (English Elpenor)
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| Now then, take seven calves and seven rams, and go to my attendant Iob, and he will make offerings for you, and Iob, my attendant, will pray for you, [because only his face will I accept] for, if not for him, I would have destroyed you; for what you spoke against my attendant Job is not true.” |
Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt-offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job. |
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Job 2:11 (Tanakh)
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Job 2:11 (KJV)
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Job 2:11 (NET)
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| Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. |
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. |
When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him. |
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Job 2:11 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 2:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ τρεῗς φίλοι αὐτοῦ τὰ κακὰ πάντα τὰ ἐπελθόντα αὐτῷ παρεγένοντο ἕκαστος ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας χώρας πρὸς αὐτόν Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανων βασιλεύς Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχαίων τύραννος Σωφαρ ὁ Μιναίων βασιλεύς καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁμοθυμαδὸν τοῦ παρακαλέσαι καὶ ἐπισκέψασθαι αὐτόν |
ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ τρεῖς φίλοι αὐτοῦ τὰ κακὰ πάντα τὰ ἐπελθόντα αὐτῷ, παρεγένοντο ἕκαστος ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας χώρας πρὸς αὐτόν· ᾿Ελιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανῶν βασιλεύς, Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχαίων τύραννος, Σωφὰρ ὁ Μιναίων βασιλεύς, καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁμοθυμαδόν, τοῦ παρακαλέσαι καὶ ἐπισκέψασθαι αὐτόν |
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Job 2:11 (NETS)
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Job 2:11 (English Elpenor)
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| Now when his three friends heard of all the troubles that had come upon him, they came to him, each one from his own country—Eliphaz, the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad, the tyrant of the Sauchites, Sophar, the king of the Minites. And they came to him of one accord, to comfort and to visit with him. |
Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of the Kinaeans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him. |
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Job 2:12 (Tanakh)
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Job 2:12 (KJV)
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Job 2:12 (NET)
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| And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. |
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Job 2:12 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 2:12 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν πόρρωθεν οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν καὶ βοήσαντες φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἔκλαυσαν ῥήξαντες ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ στολὴν καὶ καταπασάμενοι γῆν |
ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν πόρρωθεν οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν· καὶ βοήσαντες φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἔκλαυσαν ρήξαντες ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ στολήν. καὶ καταπασάμενοι γῆν |
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Job 2:12 (NETS)
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Job 2:12 (English Elpenor)
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| But when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him, and they cried out with a loud voice and wept; each of them tore his robe, and they sprinkled themselves with dust. |
And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they cried with a loud voice, and wept, and rent every one his garment, and sprinkled dust upon [their heads], |
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Job 2:13 (Tanakh)
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Job 2:13 (KJV)
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Job 2:13 (NET)
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| So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. |
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. |
Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great. |
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Job 2:13 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 2:13 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| παρεκάθισαν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ ἑπτὰ νύκτας καὶ οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν ἐλάλησεν ἑώρων γὰρ τὴν πληγὴν δεινὴν οὖσαν καὶ μεγάλην σφόδρα |
παρεκάθισαν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ ἑπτὰ νύκτας, καὶ οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν ἐλάλησεν· ἑώρων γὰρ τὴν πληγὴν δεινὴν οὖσαν καὶ μεγάλην σφόδρα |
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Job 2:13 (NETS)
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Job 2:13 (English Elpenor)
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| They sat with him seven days, [and seven nights] and none of them spoke, for they saw that the calamity was dire and very great. |
and they sat down beside him seven days and seven nights, and not one of them spoke; for they saw that his affliction was dreadful and very great. |
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Job 3:1 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:1 (KJV)
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Job 3:1 (NET)
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| After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. |
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. |
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. |
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Job 3:3 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:3 (KJV)
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Job 3:3 (NET)
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| Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. |
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. |
“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’ |
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Numbers 11:10 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:10 (KJV)
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Numbers 11:10 (NET)
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| And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of HaShem was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. |
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. |
Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased. |
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Numbers 11:10 (Septuagint BLB)
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Numbers 11:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| καὶ ἤκουσεν Μωυσῆς κλαιόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ κύριος σφόδρα καὶ ἔναντι Μωυσῆ ἦν πονηρόν |
καὶ ἤκουσε Μωυσῆς κλαιόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ Κύριος σφόδρα, καὶ ἔναντι Μωυσῆ ἦν πονηρόν |
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Numbers 11:10 (NETS)
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Numbers 11:10 (English Elpenor)
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| And Moyses heard them weeping in their divisions. each one at his door. And the Lord was greatly angered with wrath, and before Moyses it was evil. |
And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses. |
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Numbers 11:11 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:11 (KJV)
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Numbers 11:11 (NET)
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| And Moses said unto HaShem: ‘Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in Thy sight, that Thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? |
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? |
And Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? |
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Numbers 11:11 (Septuagint BLB)
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Numbers 11:11 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς κύριον ἵνα τί ἐκάκωσας τὸν θεράποντά σου καὶ διὰ τί οὐχ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου ἐπιθεῖναι τὴν ὁρμὴν τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ |
καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον· ἱνατί ἐκάκωσας τὸν θεράποντά σου, καὶ διατί οὐχ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου, ἐπιθεῖναι τὴν ὁρμὴν τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου ἐπ’ ἐμέ |
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Numbers 11:11 (NETS)
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Numbers 11:11 (English Elpenor)
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| And Moyses said to the Lord, “Why have you mistreated your attendant, and why have I not found favor before you, to lay the onslaught of this people upon me? |
And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me? |
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Numbers 11:12 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:12 (KJV)
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Numbers 11:12 (NET)
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| Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers? |
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? |
Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to their fathers? |
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Numbers 11:12 (Septuagint BLB)
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Numbers 11:12 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| μὴ ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβον πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον ἢ ἐγὼ ἔτεκον αὐτούς ὅτι λέγεις μοι λαβὲ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν κόλπον σου ὡσεὶ ἄραι τιθηνὸς τὸν θηλάζοντα εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσας τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν |
μὴ ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβον πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, ἢ ἐγὼ ἔτεκον αὐτούς, ὅτι λέγεις μοι, λάβε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν κόλπον σου, ὡσεὶ ἄραι τιθηνὸς τὸν θηλάζοντα, εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσας τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν |
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Numbers 11:12 (NETS)
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Numbers 11:12 (English Elpenor)
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| Was it I who carried in the womb all this people, or was it I who gave birth to them, that you are saying to me, ‘Take them to your bosom, as a nurse might take up the sucking child,’ into the land, which you swore to their fathers? |
Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou swarest to their fathers? |
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Numbers 11:13 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:13 (KJV)
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Numbers 11:13 (NET)
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| Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat. |
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. |
From where shall I get meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat!’ |
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Numbers 11:14 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:14 (KJV)
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Numbers 11:14 (NET)
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| I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, because it is too heavy for me. |
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. |
I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me! |
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Numbers 11:15 (Tanakh)
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Numbers 11:15 (KJV)
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Numbers 11:15 (NET)
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| And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.’ |
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. |
But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.” |
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Job 3:4 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:4 (KJV)
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Job 3:4 (NET)
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| Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. |
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. |
That day—let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it! |
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Job 3:5 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:5 (KJV)
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Job 3:5 (NET)
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| Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. |
Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it. |
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Job 3:6 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:6 (KJV)
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Job 3:6 (NET)
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| As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. |
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. |
That night—let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! |
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Job 3:6 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 3:5b, 6 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| καταραθείη ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη ἀπενέγκαιτο αὐτὴν σκότος μὴ εἴη εἰς ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ μηδὲ ἀριθμηθείη εἰς ἡμέρας μηνῶν |
(5b) καταραθείη ἡ ἡμέρα (6) καὶ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη, ἀπενέγκαιτο αὐτὴν σκότος· μὴ εἴη εἰς ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ, μηδὲ ἀριθμηθείη εἰς ἡμέρας μηνῶν |
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Job 3:6 (NETS)
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Job 3:6 (English Elpenor)
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| May that day and night be cursed; may darkness carry it away! May it not exist among the days of the year or be numbered among the days of the months. |
let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months. |
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Job 3:7 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:7 (KJV)
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Job 3:7 (NET)
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| Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. |
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. |
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it! |
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Job 3:8 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:8 (KJV)
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Job 3:8 (NET)
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| Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. |
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. |
Let those who curse the day curse it—those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. |
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Job 3:8 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 3:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| ἀλλὰ καταράσαιτο αὐτὴν ὁ καταρώμενος τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ὁ μέλλων τὸ μέγα κῆτος χειρώσασθαι |
ἀλλὰ καταράσαιτο αὐτὴν ὁ καταρώμενος τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην, ὁ μέλλων τὸ μέγα κῆτος χειρώσασθαι |
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Job 3:8 (NETS)
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Job 3:8 (English Elpenor)
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| Rather, may he who curses that day curse it—he who is about to subdue the great sea-monster. |
But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale. |
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Job 3:9 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:9 (KJV)
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Job 3:9 (NET)
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| Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: |
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: |
Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn, |
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Job 3:9 (Septuagint BLB)
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Job 3:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
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| σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης ὑπομείναι καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι καὶ μὴ ἴδοι ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα |
σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης, ὑπομείναι καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι καὶ μὴ ἴδοι ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα |
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Job 3:9 (NETS)
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Job 3:9 (English Elpenor)
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| May the stars of that night be dark; may it remain so and not be lit up, and may it not see the morning-star rising— |
Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise: |
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Job 3:10 (Tanakh)
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Job 3:10 (KJV)
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Job 3:10 (NET)
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| Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. |
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. |
because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. |
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Jeremiah 20:14 (Tanakh)
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Jeremiah 20:14 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 20:14 (NET)
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| Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. |
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. |
Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. |
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Jeremiah 20:15 (Tanakh)
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Jeremiah 20:15 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 20:15 (NET)
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| Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. |
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. |
Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him! |
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Jeremiah 20:16 (Tanakh)
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Jeremiah 20:16 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 20:16 (NET)
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| And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; |
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; |
May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon. |
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Jeremiah 20:17 (Tanakh)
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Jeremiah 20:17 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 20:17 (NET)
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| Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. |
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. |
For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. |
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Jeremiah 20:18 (Tanakh)
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Jeremiah 20:18 (KJV)
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Jeremiah 20:18 (NET)
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| Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? |
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? |
Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame. |
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