Alex. day.

+ Or, let that day be cursed.

ness &c.

+ Gr. it.

and obtain it not, digging for it as for
treasures; 22 and would be very joyful
if they should gain it? 23 Death is rest
to such a man, for God has hedged
him in. 24 For my groaning comes
before my food, and I weep being
beset with terror.
25 For the terror of
which I meditated has come upon me,
and that which I had feared has
befallen me. 26 I was not at peace,
nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath
came upon me.

2 and cursed his day, saying, 3 Let the
day perish in which I was born, and
that night in which they said, Behold
+ Heb. and a man-child! 4 Let that
*night be darkness, and let
not the Lord regard it from above,
neither let light come upon it.
5 But
let darkness and the shadow of death
seize it; let blackness come upon it;
+6 let that day and night be
And as for that cursed, let darkness carry
night, let dark- + them
let it not
away;
come into the days of the
year, neither let it be numbered with
the days of the months. But let that
night be pain, and let not mirth come
upon it, nor joy. But let him that
curses that day curse it, even he that
Or, monster. is ready to attack the great
See Gen. 1. 21. +
* whale. 9
4
Let the stars of
than. Possibly that night be darkened; let
to Isa. 27. 1. it remain dark, and not
come into light; and let it not see the
morning star arise: 10 because it shut
not up the gates of my mother's womb,
for so it would have removed sorrow

Heb. Levia

the LXX. refer

7 2

8

from my eyes. 11 For why died I not in the belly? and why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately? 12And why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts? 13 Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest, 14 with kings and councillors of the earth, who gloried in their swords;

+ Gr. on. Heb. ambiguous.

15

or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver: 16 or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light. 17 There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest. Is And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice. 19 The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord. 20 For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to the souls which are in griefs? 21 Who desire death,

For

4. Then Eliphaz the Thamanite answered and said, Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words? whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one, and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees. 5 Yet now that pain has come upon thee, and touched thee, thou art troubled. Is not thy fear founded in folly, thy hope also, and the mischief of quoted by Bos, thy way?

6

+ One MS.

Remember then gives ἀκακία, 'guileless

Gr. ant

lion, qy. ant

who has perished, being ness.'
pure? or when were the true-hearted
utterly destroyed? Accordingly as I
have seen men ploughing barren places,
and they that sow them will reap sor-
rows for themselves. They shall
perish by the command of the Lord,
and shall be utterly consumed by the
breath of his wrath. 10 The strength
of the lion, and the voice of the lioness,
and the exulting cry of serpents are
quenched. "The old lion
has perished for want of eater?
food, and the lions' whelps have for-
saken one another. 12 But if there had
been any truth in thy words, none of
these evils would have befallen thee.
Shall not mine ear receive excellent
revelations from him? 13 But as when
terror falls upon men, with dread and
a sound in the night, 14 horror and
trembling seized me, and caused all
my bones greatly to shake. And a
spirit came before my face; and my

15

Gen.

hair and flesh quivered. 16 I arose, and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying, 17 What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? 18 Whereas + κατὰ, with he trusts not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels. 19 But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. 20 And from morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves. 21 For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.

wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty. 14 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night: 15 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty. 16 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped. 17 But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty. 18 For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal. 19 Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee. 20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the *power of the sword. 21 He shall +Gr. hand of 5. But call, if any one will hearken hide thee from the scourge to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the of the tongue: and thou shalt not be holy angels. 2 For wrath destroys the afraid of coming evils. 22 Thou shalt foolish one, and envy slays him that laugh at the unrighteous and the lawhas gone astray. 3 And I have seen less: and thou shalt not be afraid of foolish ones taking root: but suddenly wild beasts. 23 For the wild beasts of their habitation was devoured. Let the field shall be at peace with thee. their children be far from safety, and 24 Then shalt thou know that thy house let them be crushed at the doors of shall be at peace and the provision vile men, and let there be no deliverer. for thy tabernacle shall not for, order of. 5 For what they have collected, the just fail. 25 And thou shalt +Gr. err. shall cat; but they shall not be deli- know that thy seed shall be abundant; vered out of calamities: let their and thy children shall be like the herbstrength be utterly exhausted. For age of the field. 26 And thou shalt labour cannot by any means come out come to the grave like ripe corn reaped of the earth, nor shall trouble spring in its season, or as a heap of the cornout of the mountains: 7 yet man is floor collected in proper

+

the iron.

time.

27 Be

born to labour, and even so the vulture's hold, we have thus sought out these young seek the high places. Never-matters; these are what we have heard: theless I will beseech the Lord, and but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou will call upon the Lord, the sovereign hast done anything wrong.

9

of all; who does great things and un-
traceable, glorious things also, and
marvellous, of which there is no num-
ber: 10 who gives rain upon the earth,
sending water on the earth: "who
exalts the lowly, and raises up them
+ See Prov. that are lost: 12 frustrating
S. 5, and note. the counsels of the crafty, my words
their aim. and their hands shall not
* perform the truth. 13 Who takes the

d. reach q.

6. But Job answered and said, 20 that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together! And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, 4 For the arrows are vain. of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: when

me.

perly loud

noise,' but here and in Joel 2. 20. it

seems put for

βρῶμος,
'stench.'

+

28 But

turn' in Heb.

now, having looked upon your coun-
tenances, I will not lie. 29+ Sit down
now, and let there not be + Prob. 're-
unrighteousness; and unite confusion be-
again with the just. 30 For tween and
there is no injustice in my
tongue; and does not my throat medi-
tate understanding?

3

2

earth

+ See πειρατήριον, Gen.

ever I am going to speak, they pierce | have erred, tell me. 25 But as it seems, 5 What then? will the wild ass the words of a true man are vain, bray for nothing, if he is not seeking because I do not ask strength Gr. for. food? or again, will the ox low at the of you. 26 Neither will your reproof manger, when he has fodder? 6 Shall cause me to cease by words, for neither bread be eaten without salt? or again, will I endure the sound of your speech. is there taste in empty words? For 27 Even because ye attack the fathermy wrath cannot cease; for I perceive less, and insult your friend. as the smell of a lion to be my food +Bpóμos, pro-loathsome. 8 For O that he would grant my desire, and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope. 9 Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. 10 Let the grave be my city, upon the very walls of which I have leaped: I will not 'shrink + Gr. spare. from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God. For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Or have I not trusted in him? but help is far from me. 14 Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. 15 My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing * brook, or like a wave. 16 They who tain-torrent. used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or + seil. xr, congealed ice. 17 When it has melted at the approach of heat, is not known what it was. 18 Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outOr, homeless. cast. 19 Behold the ways of the Thamanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabæans. They too that trust in cities and riches shall + See opel- come to shame. 21 But also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid. 22 What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you, 23 to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? 24 Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a ser

+ Or, moun

but Alex.

τακεὶς.

λήσουσι, Proν. 14.9.

20

5

1

ruption of

7. Is not the life of man upon a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hire- 49. 19. ling by the day? Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay? So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me. 4 Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? and whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning. And my body is covered Gr. the corwith 'loathsome worms; and worms. I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption. 6 And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope. 7 Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good. 8 The eye of him that sees me shall not see me again: thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more. 9 I am as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go ye down to the grave, he shall not come up again: 10 and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I +Gr. straits, will disclose the bitterness &c.

+

+

Heb. and

Alex. 'God.' It may be ques

tioned whe

ther Job knew

vah. Comp.

pent, that thou hast set a watch over for our life upon the earth is a shame? 13 I said that my bed should dow:) 10 shall not these teach thee, comfort me, and I would privately and report to thee, and bring out words counsel with myself on my couch. from their heart? Does the rush 14 Thou scarest me with dreams, and flourish without water, or shall the flag dost terrify me with visions. 15+ Thou grow up without moisture? 12 When + Probably the wilt separate life from my it is yet on the root, and though it has LXX. falsely spirit; and yet keep my not been cut down, does not any herb bones from death. For I wither before it has received moisture? shall not live for ever, that I should 13 Thus then shall be the end of all that patiently endure: depart from me, for forget the Lord: for the my life is vain. 17 For what is man, hope of the ungodly shall that thou hast magnified him? or that perish. 14 For his house thou givest heed to him? 18 Wilt thou shall be without inhabitants, God as Jehovisit him till the morning, and judge and his tent shall prove a Ex. 6. 3. him till the time of rest? 19 How long spider's web. 15 If he should prop up dost thou not let me alone, nor let me his house, it shall not stand: and when go, until I shall swallow down my he has taken hold of it, it shall not respittle? 20 If I have sinned, what shall main. 16 For it is moist under the sun, I be able to do, O thou that and his branch shall come forth out of probably understandest the mind of his dung-heap. 17 He lies or, corrup men? why hast thou made down upon a gathering of me as thine accuser, and why stones, and shall live in the midst of am I a burden to thee? flints. 18 If God should destroy him, acting early in 21 Why hast thou not for- his place shall deny him. Hast thou gotten my iniquity, and not seen such things? 19 That such is purged my sin? but now I shall de- the overthrow of the ungodly? and part to the earth; and in the morn-out of the earth another + Aler, alo, ing, I am no more. shall grow. 20 For the Lord shall cause will by no means reject the grow.' harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly. 21 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving. 22 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.

+ Heb. 'sleep,'

read as some

שוב part of

+ Gr. rising, or, otherwise

the morning.

+

+

tion.

otherwise, 'he another to

8. Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things, how long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words? 3 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has Gr. disturb made all things pervert the just thing. justice? If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression. 9. Then Job answered and said, 2 I 5 But be thou early in prayer to the know of a truth that it is so: for how Lord Almighty. If thou art pure shall a mortal man be just before the and true, he will hearken to thy sup- Lord? For if he would enter into plication, and he will restore to thee the judgment with him, ' God or, he. habitation of righteousness. Though would not hearken to him, so that he then thy beginning should be small, yet should answer to one of his charges of thy end should be unspeakably great. a thousand. For he is wise in mind, * For ask of the former generation, and and mighty, and great: who has hardsearch diligently among the race of ened himself against him and endured? + Gr. not. our fathers: (for we are 5 Who wears out the mountains, and of yesterday, and know nothing; men know it not: who overturns

6

4

+