{"id":375,"date":"2015-02-08T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T13:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shields-online.net\/?p=375"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:03:56","slug":"jobs-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shields-online.net\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"job’s wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 8th is International Septuagint Day.<\/p>\n

In celebration, this year I thought I’d post one of the two major differences between the LXX and MT in the Book of Job, the details of Job’s wife. For those unfamiliar with her, this is all we hear of and from Job’s wife in the MT:<\/p>\n

\n
\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d0\u05e9\u05ea\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d3\u05da \u05de\u05d7\u05d6\u05d9\u05e7 \u05d1\u05ea\u05de\u05ea\u05da \u05d1\u05e8\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05de\u05ea<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds pretty harsh, right? Well the LXX of Job tends to tone things down quite a bit throughout. When it comes to Job’s wife, however, we get quite a lot more information! The LXX has this:<\/p>\n

\u03a7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03b5\u03b2\u03b7\u03ba\u03cc\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f21 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f74 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6
\n\t\u039c\u03ad\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd
\n\t \u0394\u0399\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd
\n\t\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c7\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03b4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5;
\n\t i\u03bf\u1f7a \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f20\u03c6\u03ac\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03af \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03bc\u03cc\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2,
\n\t\u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b8\u03c5\u03b3\u03b1\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2, \u1f10\u03bc\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f60\u03b4\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9,
\n\t\u03bf\u1f53\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03b5\u03bd\u1f78\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03af\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u03cc\u03c7\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd.
\n\t s\u03cd \u03c4\u03b5 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c3\u03b1\u03c0\u03c1\u03af\u1fb3 \u03c3\u03ba\u03c9\u03bb\u03ae\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03ac\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03c5\u03ba\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f34\u03b8\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2\u00b7
\n\t k\u1f00\u03b3\u1f7c \u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bb\u03ac\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03c2
\n\t\u03c4\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c4\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03be \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03af\u03b1\u03c2
\n\t\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b4\u03b5\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f25\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b4\u03cd\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9,
\n\t\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03cd\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03cc\u03c7\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f40\u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u1ff6\u03bd, \u03b1\u1f35 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03ad\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd.
\n\t \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c0\u03cc\u03bd \u03c4\u03b9 \u1fe5\u1fc6\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c4\u03b1.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The NETS translation of this is:<\/p>\n

Then after a long time had passed, his wife said to him, \u201cHow long will you persist and say, \u2018Look, I will hang on a little longer, while I wait for the hope of my deliverance?\u2019 For look, your legacy has vanished from the earth\u2014sons and daughters, my womb\u2019s birth pangs and labors, for whom I wearied myself with hardships in vain. And you? You sit in the refuse of worms as you spend the night in the open air. As for me, I am one that wanders about and a hired servant\u2014from place to place and house to house, waiting for when the sun will set, so I can rest from the distresses and griefs that now beset me. Now say some word to the Lord and die!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nowhere near as harsh! The LXX gives Job’s wife a more human face, referring to her own loss and sufferings. Furthermore, it removes the lexical link to the words of the Satan by simply exhorting Job to say some word to God, rather than explicitly ask him to “bless” God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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