Job, Chapter 7
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: 188.
- 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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1ποτερον · ουχι β πιρατηριον εϲτιν ο βιοϲ του ανου επι τηϲ γηϲ και ωϲπερ μιϲθιου αυθημερινου η ζωη αυτου 2η ωϲπερ θεραπων δεδοικωϲ τον κν αυτου · και τετευχωϲ ϲκιαϲ η ωϲπερ μιϲθωτοϲ · αναμενων τον μιϲθον αυτου 3ουτωϲ καγω ϋπεμινα · μηναϲ καινουϲ νυκτεϲ δε οδυνων · δεδομεναι μοι ειϲιν 4εαν κοιμηθω λεγω . ποτε ημερα ωϲ δʼ αν αναϲτω · παλιν ποτε εϲπερα πληρηϲ δε γεινομαι οδυνων · απο εϲπεραϲ εωϲ πρωϊ 5φυρεται δε μου το ϲωμα · εν ϲαπρια ϲκωληκων τηκω δε βωλακαϲ γηϲ · απο ϊχωροϲ ξυω 6ο δε βιοϲ μου εϲτιν ελαφρωτεροϲ λαλιαϲ απολωλεν δε εν καινη ελπιδι 7μνηϲθητι ουν · οτι πνα μου η ζωη και ουκετι επανελευϲεται ο οφθαλμοϲ μου · ιδειν αγαθον 8ου περιβλεψεται με οφθαλμοϲ . ορωντοϲ με οι οφθαλμοι ϲου εν εμοι · και ουκετι ειμι
1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? 2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9ωϲπερ νεφοϲ αποκαθαρθεν απ ουρανου εαν γαρ ανοϲ καταβη ειϲ αδην . ουκετι μη αναβη 10ουδ ου μη επιϲτρεψη ετι . ειϲ τον ϊδιον οικον ουδε μη επιγνω αυτον ετι . ο τοποϲ αυτου 11αταρ · ουδε εγω φειϲομαι τω ϲτοματι μ(ου) λαληϲω εν αναγκη ων ανοιξω πικριαν ψυχηϲ μου · ϲυνεχομενοϲ φοβω 12ποτερον . θαλαϲϲα ειμι η δρακων οτι κατεταξαϲ επ εμε φυλακην · 13ειπα · οτι παρακαλεϲει με η κλινη μου ανοιϲω δε προϲ εμαυτον ϊδια λογον · τη κοιτη μου 14εκφοβειϲ με · ενυπνιοιϲ και εν οραμαϲιν με καταπληϲϲειϲ 15απαλλαξειϲ απο πνϲ μου · την ψυχην μου απο δε θανατου · τα οϲτα μου 16ου γαρ ειϲ τον αιωνα ζηϲομαι · ϊνα μακροθυμηϲω αποϲτα απ εμου · καινοϲ γαρ μου ο βιοϲ
9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. 16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17τι γαρ εϲτιν ανοϲ · οτι εμεγαλυναϲ αυτο η οτι προϲεχιϲ · τον νουν ειϲ αυτον 18η επιϲκοπην αυτου ποιηϲη · 19εωϲ τινοϲ ουκ εαϲ με ουδε προιη με · εωϲ αν καταπιω τον πτυελον μου εν οδυνη 20ει εγω ημαρτον · τι δυναμαι ϲοι πραξαι ο επιϲταμενοϲ τον νουν των ανων δια τι ειθου με · κατεντευκτην ϲου ειμι δε επι ϲοι φορτιον · 21ορθριζων δε ουκετι ειμι
17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
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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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