Job, Chapter 3
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: 186.
- 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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1μετα τουτο ηνοιξεν ιωβ το ϲτομα αυτου 2και κατηραϲατο την ημεραν αυτου λεγω · 3απολοιτο η ημερα · εν η εγεννηθην και ϲ η νυξʼ · εν η ειπαν ϊδου αρϲεν · 4η νυξ εκεινη · ειη ϲκοτοϲ και μη αναζητηϲαι αυτην ο κϲ ανωθε μηδε ελθοι ειϲ αυτην φεγγοϲ 5εκλαβοι δε αυτην · ϲκοτοϲ και ϲκια θανατου επελθοι επ αυτην γνοφοϲ 6μη ειη ειϲ ημεραϲ ενιαυτου μηδε αριθμηθιη ειϲ ημεραϲ μηνω 7αλλα η νυξ εκεινη · ειη οδυνη και μη ελθοι επ αυτην ευφροϲυνη · μηδε χαρμονη 8αλλα καταραϲαιτο εαυτην · ο καταρωμενοϲ την ημεραν εκινην ο μελλων το μεγα κητοϲ χειρωϲαϲθαι
1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2And Job spake, and said, 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6As 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. 7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9ϲκοτωθιη · τα αϲτρα τηϲ νυκτοϲ εκεινηϲ ϋπομειναι · και ειϲ φωϲ μη ελθοι και μη ϊδοι εωϲφορον ανατελλοντα 10οτι ου ϲυνεκλιϲεν πυλαϲ γαϲτροϲ μητροϲ μου απηλλαξε γαρ αν πονον απο οφθαλμων μου 11δια τι γαρ εν κοιλια ουκ ετελευτηϲα εκ γαϲτροϲ δε εξηλθον · και ουκ ευθυϲ απωλομην 12ϊνα τι δε ϲυνηντηϲαν μοι γονατα ϊνα τι δε μαϲτουϲ εθηλαϲα 13νυν αν κοιμηθειϲ ηϲυχαϲα ϋπνωϲαϲ δε ανεπαυϲαμην 14μετα βαϲιλεων βουλευτων γηϲ οι ηγαυριωντο επι ξιφεϲιν 15η μετα αρχοντων · ων πολυϲ ο χρυϲοϲ οι επληϲαν · τουϲ οικουϲ αυτων αργυριου 16η ωϲπερ εκτρωμα εκπορευομενον · εκ μητραϲ μητροϲ η ωϲπερ νηπιοι · οι ουκ ειδον φωϲ
9Let 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: 10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17εκει αϲεβειϲ εξεκαυϲαν θυμον οργηϲ εκει ανεπαυϲαντο · κατακοποι τω ϲωματι 18ομοθυμαδον δε οι αιωνιοι ουκ ηκουϲαν φωνην φωρολογου · 19μικροϲ και μεγαϲ εκει εϲτιν και θεραπων δεδοικωϲ τον κν αυτου 20ϊνα τι γαρ δεδοται τοιϲ εν πικρια φωϲ ζωη δε · ταιϲ εν οδυναιϲ ψυχαιϲ 21οι ομιρονται του θανατου · και ου τυγχανουϲιν ανορυϲϲοντεϲ · ωϲπερ θηϲαυρουϲ 22περιχαρειϲ δε εγινοντο · εαν κατατυχωϲιν 23θανατοϲ ανδρι · αναπαυμα ϲυνεκλιϲεν γαρ ο θϲ κατ αυτου 24προ γαρ των ϲιτων μου · ϲτεναγμοϲ ηκει δακρυω δε εγω · ϲυνεχομενοϲ φοβω
17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25φοβοϲ γαρ ον εφροντιϲα ηλθεν μοι και ον εδεδοικιν · ϲυνηντηϲεν μοι 26θεν δε μοι οργη
25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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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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