Job, Chapter 4
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: 187.
- 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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1ϋπολαβων δε ελιφαϲ · ο θαιμανιτηϲ λεγει 2μη πολλακιϲ ϲοι λελαληται εν κοπω · ϊϲχυν δε ρηματων ϲου · τιϲ υποιϲι 3ει γαρ ϲυ ενουθετηϲαϲ πολλουϲ . και χειραϲ αϲθενουϲ παρεκαλεϲαϲ · 4αϲθενουνταϲ τε εξανεϲτηϲαϲ ρημαϲιν γοναϲιν τε αδυνατουϲιν · θαρϲοϲ περιεθηκαϲ 5νυν δε ηκει επι ϲε πονοϲ · και ηψατο ϲου · ϲυ δε εϲπουδαϲαϲ 6ποτερον · ουκ ο φοβοϲ ϲου εϲτιν εν αφροϲυνη · και η ελπιϲ ϲου και η κακια τηϲ οδου ϲου 7μνηϲθητι ουν · τιϲ καθαροϲ ων · απωλετο η ποτε αληθινοι . ολοριζοι απωλοντο 8καθ ον τροπον ειδον . τουϲ αροτριωνταϲ τα ατοπα οι δε ϲπειροντεϲ αυτα · οδυναϲ θεριουϲιν εαυτοιϲ
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9απο προϲταγματοϲ κυ απολουνται · απο δε πνϲ οργηϲ αυτου αφανιϲθηϲονται 10ϲθενοϲ λεοντοϲ · φωνη δε λεαινηϲ · γαυριαμα δε δρακοντων εϲβεϲθη 11μυρμηκολεων ωλετο . παρα το μη εχιν βοραν ϲκυμνοι δε λεοντων · ελιπον αλληλουϲ 12ει δε τι ρημα αληθινον εγεγονει εν λογοιϲ ϲου ουθεν αν ϲοι τουτων κακον απηντηϲεν ποτερον · ου δεξεται μου το ουϲ · εξαιϲια παρ αυτου 13φοβω δε και ηχω νυκτερινη επιπιπτων φοβοϲ επ ανουϲ 14φρικη δε μοι ϲυνηντηϲεν . και τρομοϲ και μεγαλωϲ μου τα οϲτα ϲυνεϲιϲε 15και πνα επι προϲωπον μου επηλθεν εφριξαν δε μου τριχεϲ και ϲαρκεϲ 16ανεϲτην · και ουκ επεγνων ειδον · και ουκ ην μορφη προ οφθαλμων μου αλλ η αυραν και φωνην ηκουον
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad. 12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17τι γαρ μη καθαροϲ εϲται βροτοϲ · εναντι κυ η απο των εργων αυτου · αμεμπτοϲ ανηρ 18ει κατα παιδων αυτου ου πιϲτευει κατα δε αγγελων αυτου · ϲκολιον τι επενοηϲεν 19τουϲ δε κατοικουνταϲ οικιαϲ πηλιναϲ εξ ων και αυτοι · εκ του αυτου πηλου εϲμεν επεϲεν αυτουϲ ϲητοϲ τροπον · 20και απο πρωϊθεν εωϲ εϲπεραϲ · ουκετι ειϲιν παρα το μη δυναϲθαι αυτουϲ εαυτοιϲ βοηθηϲαι απωλοντο 21ενεφυϲηϲεν γαρ αυτουϲ · και εξηρανθηϲαν απωλοντο · παρα το μη εχιν αυτουϲ ϲοφιαν
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? 18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? 20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. 21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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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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