Job, Chapter 10
Introduction
This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library, with the manuscript text drawn directly from the same source as the scan:
- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 189.
- Original text: The verbatim transcription of the Sinaiticus manuscript from the Codex Sinaiticus Project, preserving uncial forms, lunate sigma, nomina sacra (e.g. ⟨θϲ⟩ = θεός), and scribal marks. Nomina sacra are shown in angle brackets to indicate the manuscript's sacred-name abbreviations.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1ϲτενων επαφηϲω επ αυτον τα ρηματα μ(ου) λαληϲω πικριαϲ ψυχηϲ μου ϲυνεχομενοϲ 2και ερω προϲ κν · μη με αϲεβειν διδαϲκε και δια τι με ουτωϲ εκριναϲ 3η καλον ϲοι · εαν αδικηϲω οτι απιπω εργα χιρων ϲου βουλη δε αϲεβων προϲεϲχεϲ 4η ωϲπερ βροτοϲ ορα · καθοραϲ η καθωϲ ορα ανθρωποϲ βλεψη 5η ο βιοϲ ϲου ανθρωπινοϲ εϲτιν η τα ετη ϲου ανδροϲ 6οτι ανεζητηϲαϲ την ανομιαν μου · κ(αι) ταϲ αμαρτιαϲ μου εξϊχνιαϲαϲ 7οιδαϲ γαρ οτι ουκ ηϲεβηϲα αλλα τιϲ εϲτιν ο εκ των χιρων ϲου εξαιρουμενοϲ 8αι χιρεϲ ϲου . εποιηϲαν με και επλαϲαν με μετα ταυτα μεταβαλων με · επαιϲαϲ
1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 4Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days, 6That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. 8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9μνηϲθητι . οτι πηλον με επλαϲαϲ ειϲ δε γην · παλιν με αποϲτρεφειϲ 10η ουχ ωϲπερ γαλα με ημελξαϲ ετυρωϲαϲ δε με · ϊϲα τυρω 11δερμα και κρεαϲ με ενεδυϲαϲ οϲτεοιϲ δε και νευροιϲ με ενειραϲ 12ζωην δε και ελεοϲ · εθου παρ εμοι η δε επιϲκοπη ϲου · εφυλαξεν μου το πνα 13ταυτα εχων εν ϲεαυτω . οιδα οτι παντα δυναϲαι αδυνατει δε ϲοι ουθεν 14εαν τε γαρ αμαρτω . φυλαξειϲ με απο δε ανομιαϲ · ουκ αθωον με πεποιηκαϲ 15εαν τε γαρ αϲεβηϲ ω . οιμμοι εαν τε γαρ ω δικαιοϲ · ου δυναμαι ανακυψαι πληρηϲ γαρ ατιμιαϲ ειμι 16αγρευομαι γαρ . ωϲπερ λεων ειϲ ϲφαγην παλιν γαρ μεταβαλων · δινωϲ με ολεκειϲ
9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17επανακαινιζων επ εμε · την εταϲιν μ(ου) οργη δε μεγαλη μοι εχρηϲω επηγαγεϲ δε επ εμε πειρατηρια 18ϊνα τι ουν εκ κοιλιαϲ με εξηγαγεϲ . και ουκ απεθανον οφθαλμοϲ δε με ουκ ειδεν 19και ωϲπερ ουκ ων εγενομην δια τι γαρ εκ γαϲτροϲ · ειϲ μνημα ουκ απηλλαγην 20η ουκ ολιγοϲ εϲτιν ο βιοϲ του χρονου μου εαϲον με αναπαυϲαϲθαι ολιγον 21προ του πορευθηναι · οθεν ουκ αναϲτρεψω ειϲ γην ϲκοτινην και γνοφεραν 22ειϲ γην ϲκοτουϲ αιωνι οὑ . ουκ εϲτιν φεγγοϲ ουδε οραν ζωην βροτων
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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