Job 9 — Coptic · Cairene

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Attribution: Job 9 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_09, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
9:1	ⲁⲓⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ	ⲁ ⲓⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ	a iōb ḋe erouō pegaf	Then Job answered and said,
9:2	ϫⲉϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲉ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉⲧⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲟⲛⲧ ⲛⲁϣ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲣⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ	ϫⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲏⲓ ϯⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧⲥⲙⲟⲛⲧ ⲛ̀ⲁϣ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲡ̀ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲁϣⲉⲣⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ	je xen oumyi tisōoun je θai te f̀ryti etsmont ǹaṡ ġar ǹryti p̀rōmi naṡerḋikeos ǹp̀m̀θo èvol ǹp̀ċois	I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
9:3	ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲉϣϫⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϣⲃⲉϥ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ	ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁϥϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲉϣϭⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲟϣⲃⲉϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ	eṡōp ġar afṡanoueṡċihap nemaf ǹnefsōtem èrof hina ǹnefouoṡvef nousaji ǹouōt èvol xen nefspotou	For if he would enter into judgment with him, God would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
9:4	ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ϥϫⲟⲟⲣ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁϥϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲓⲛⲏ	ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥϩⲏⲧ ϥ̀ϫⲟⲟⲣ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉϥⲙ̀ⲑⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲁϥϩⲩⲡⲟⲙⲓⲛⲏ	ousofos ġar pe xen pefhyt f̀goor ouoh ouniṡti pe nim petafṡōpi efnaṡt ǹpefm̀θo èvol afhipominy	For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
9:5	ⲡⲉⲧϩⲓⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲣϣⲣ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲧⲉϥⲟⲣⲅⲏ	ⲡⲉⲧϧⲓϯ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲧⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲥⲉⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲣϣⲣ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲟⲣⲅⲏ	petxiti ǹǹtōou ǹsesōoun an petṡorṡr m̀mōou xen teforgy	Who wears out the mountains, and men know it not: who overturns them in anger.
9:6	ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ϣⲁⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲧⲉ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲛⲉϥⲥⲧⲏⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲕⲓⲙ	ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲕⲁϩⲓ ϣⲁ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲉⲛϯ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲛⲉϥⲥⲧⲏⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲕⲓⲙ	petnoein ǹp̀kahi ṡa nefsenti ṡarenefstyllos kim	Who shakes the earth under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.
9:7	ⲡⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲣⲏ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲣϣⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲉϥϣⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲉⲣⲛ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩ	ⲡⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲏ ϫⲉ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣϣⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲡⲁϥϣⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉ̀ⲧ̀ⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲉⲣⲛ ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲟⲩ	petgō m̀mos èp̀ry je m̀perṡa ouoh mpafṡa ouoh èt̀tōōve ern ǹsiou	Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
9:8	ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲓϫⲛⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲓϫⲛⲡⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲩⲱⲟⲩ	ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟϣⲓ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ϩⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟϣⲓ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲩⲱⲟⲩ	petafθamiet̀fe m̀mavatf petmoṡi hijen t̀·halassa ǹf̀ryti ǹpetmoṡi hijen p̀petṡouōou	Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.
9:9	ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧϭⲓⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲛⲡⲥⲟⲩⲛⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ⲙⲛⲡϣⲱⲡϣ ⲙⲛⲛⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲣⲏⲥ	ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉⲧϭⲓⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡ̀ⲥⲟⲩⲛⲣⲟⲩϩⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡ̀ϣⲱⲡϣ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏⲥ	petaftamietċinmout nem p̀·sounrouhi nem p̀ṡōpṡ nem ǹtamion ǹf̀rys	Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.
9:10	ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉⲛⲉⲓⲛⲟϭ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲓⲁⲧⲁⲣⲏϫⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲓϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲛⲧⲟⲩⲏⲡⲉ	ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲑⲁⲙⲓⲉⲛⲁⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲉⲓⲁⲧⲁⲣⲏϫⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲓϣ̀ⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏⲡⲉ	petafθamienainiṡti nem neiatarygnou nettaiyout ouoh naiṡ̀fyri èt̀metouype	Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.
9:11	ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲥⲁⲁⲧ ⲛⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲛⲛⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉ	ⲁϥϣⲁⲛⲥⲁⲁⲧ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥϣⲁⲛⲓ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲧⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲉⲙⲓ	afṡansaat ǹnanav èrof ouoh afṡani èvol hitotǹnaemi	If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.
9:12	ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲕⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲧⲁⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲏ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁⲕⲣⲟⲩ	ⲁϥϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲕⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲧⲁⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲓⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲉⲣⲟⲩ	afṡantakoou nim petnatanhoou ie nim petnagos naf je ntakerou	If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done?
9:13	ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲉⲣⲉⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲕⲧⲟϥ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲕⲗϫ ⲛⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲧϩⲁⲧⲡⲉ	ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲉⲣⲉⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲕⲧⲟϥ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲕⲗϫ ⲛ̀ⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲧϧⲁⲧ̀ⲫⲉ	ǹθof ġar mereorgy ktof etavklg ǹkytos èvol hitotf etxat̀fe	For if he has turned away his anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
9:14	ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϥⲛⲁⲙⲉϣⲧⲛⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲥⲉⲡⲥⲡⲉϥϩⲁⲡ	ⲁϥϣⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ϥ̀ⲛⲁⲙⲉϣⲧⲛⲁⲥⲁϫⲓ ϯⲛⲁⲥⲉⲡⲥⲡⲉϥϩⲁⲡ	afṡansōtem èroi f̀nameṡtnasaji tinasep·spefhap	Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.
9:16	ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲛϥⲛⲁⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲛⲛⲉⲓⲧⲁⲛϩⲟⲩⲧⲥ ϫⲉⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ	ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ϥⲛⲁⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉⲓⲧⲁⲛϩⲟⲩⲧⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ	eṡōp ġar anok oudikeos ǹfnasōtem èroi an eṡōp aiṡanmouti ǹtefsōtem ǹneitanhouts je afsōtem èroi	And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.
9:17	ⲙⲏ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲟⲩⲟϣⲃⲉⲧ ϩⲛⲟⲩϭⲟⲥⲙ ⲁϥⲧⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϣϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲡϫⲓⲛϫⲏ	ⲙⲏ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲟⲩⲟϣⲃⲉⲧ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲟⲥⲙ ⲁϥⲧⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϣϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϫⲓⲛϫⲏ	my eknaouoṡvet xen ouċosm aftaṡe naouōṡf ġar èp̀jinjy	Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.
9:18	ⲛϥⲛⲁⲕⲱ ⲁⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲁⲛϣⲧⲏⲩ ⲁϥⲙⲁϩⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲛⲁϭⲥⲉ	ⲛ̀ϥⲛⲁⲭⲱ ⲁⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲁⲛϣⲧⲏⲩ ⲁϥⲙⲁϩⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁϭⲥⲉ	ǹfnakō an m̀moi eanṡtyv afmaht ġar ǹnaċse	For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
9:19	ϫⲉϥⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ϩⲛⲧⲁϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲓⲙ ϭⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϣϯ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ⲡⲉϥϩⲁⲡ .	ϫⲉ ϥ̀ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲁϫⲟⲙ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϣϯ ⲟⲩⲃⲉ ⲡⲉϥϩⲁⲡ.	je f̀amahte ġar xen tagom niven oun petnaṡti ouve pefhap.	For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
9:20	ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲡ ϯⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲓϭⲟⲟⲙⲉ	Ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲡ ϯⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲓϭⲟⲟⲙⲉ	Eṡōp ġar anok oudikeos tatapro ernovi eṡōp ḋe anok ousōtp tinyou èvol eiċoome	For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
9:21	ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲣⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ϩⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲡⲗⲏⲛ ⲣⲱ ⲥⲉϥⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲱⲛϩ	ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲉⲣⲛⲟⲃⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ϯⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲡ̀ⲗⲏⲛ ⲣⲱ ⲥⲉϥⲁⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲱⲛϧ	isje aiernovi ġar ǹtisōoun an xen pahyt p̀lyn rō sefai ǹpaōnx	For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: but my life is taken away.
9:22	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉϣⲁⲣⲉⲧⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲧⲁⲕⲉ ⲛⲛⲟϭ ⲙⲛⲛⲇⲩⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲥ	ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲓϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲧⲟⲣⲅⲏ ⲧⲁⲕⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛ̀ⲇⲩⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲥ	eθve fai aigos je ṡaretorgy take ǹniṡti nem ǹḋinastys	Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
9:23	ϫⲉⲛⲉⲕⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲥⲉⲥⲱⲃⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ	ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲭ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ϣ̀ⲫⲏⲣⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲥⲉⲥⲱⲃⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁ ⲛ̀ⲇⲓⲕⲉⲟⲥ	je ǹk̀rof namou ǹoumou ǹṡ̀fyri alla sesōvi ǹsa ǹḋikeos	For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
9:24	ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲁⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ	ⲁⲩⲧⲏⲓⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁ̀ⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ	avtyit ġar etotf ǹpàsebys	For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: he covers the faces of the judges of the earth: but if it be not he, who is it?
9:25	ⲡⲁⲁϩⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲥⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲣⲉϥⲡⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲡⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ	ⲡⲁⲁϩⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲥⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲉϥⲡⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲫⲱⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ	paahe ġar aserōou èourefpōt avfōt ouoh m̀peounav	But my life is swifter than a post: my days have fled away, and they knew it not.
9:26	ⲙⲏ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲧⲁϭⲥⲉ ⲛϩⲓⲏ ⲛϫⲟⲓ ⲏ ⲛⲁϩⲱⲙ ⲉϥϩⲏⲗ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲧⲉϥϩⲣⲉ	ⲙⲏ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲧⲁϭⲥⲉ ⲛ̀ⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲛ̀ϫⲟⲓ ⲓⲉ ⲛ̀ⲁϧⲱⲙ ⲉϥϩⲏⲗ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁ ⲧⲉϥϧⲣⲉ	my ouon taċse ǹmōit ǹgoi ie ǹaxōm efhyl efṡini ǹsa tefxre	Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?
9:27	ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛϯⲛⲁⲣⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲉⲡⲉϩϫⲱⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ	ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛ̀ϯⲛⲁⲉⲣⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲉⲓⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϩϫⲱⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ	aiṡangoou ġar ǹtinaerpōvṡ eisaji ei èp̀hgōi ǹtaaṡahom	And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
9:28	ⲥⲉⲛⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲛⲛⲁⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ϫⲉⲛⲅⲛⲁⲕⲁⲁⲧ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ	ⲥⲉⲛⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϯⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲕⲛⲁⲭⲁⲧ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲁⲃ	senoein ḋe m̀moi ǹnamelos tyrou tisōoun ġar je ǹknakat an eiouab	I quake in all my limbs, for I know that thou wilt not leave me alone as innocent.
9:29	ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲇⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲙⲟⲩ	ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲇⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲁ̀ⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲟⲩ	èvol ḋe je anok ouàsebys eθve ou ǹpaimou	But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
9:30	ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲕⲙⲉⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲭⲓⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲃⲃⲟ ϩⲛϩⲉⲛϭⲓϫ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ	ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲕⲙⲉⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲭⲓⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲧⲟⲩⲃⲟ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛϫⲓϫ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲁⲃ	aiṡangokmet ġar xen ouṡiōn ǹtatouvo xen hanjig evouab	For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
9:31	ⲁⲕϫⲟϭⲧ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲧⲱⲗⲙ ⲁⲧⲁⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲃⲟⲧⲧ	ⲁⲕϫⲟϭⲧ ⲉ̀ⲙⲁϣⲱ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡ̀ⲧⲱⲗⲙ ⲁⲧⲁⲥ̀ⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲃⲟⲧⲧ	akgoċt èmaṡō xen p̀tōlm atas̀toly vott	thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.
9:32	ⲛⲧⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϩⲉ ϫⲉⲉⲓⲉϫⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲟⲩⲃⲏⲕ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲛⲉⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲡ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ	ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲣⲏϯ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲉ̀ϭⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲟⲩⲃⲏⲕ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲉⲛⲉⲓ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϩⲁⲡ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ	ǹθok ourōmi ġar an ǹparyti je eièċihap ouvyk hina enei èp̀hap hi ousop	For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.
9:33	ⲉⲩⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲥⲓⲧ ⲏ ⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲙⲉⲧⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉϥϫⲡⲓⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ	ⲉ̀ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲥⲓⲧ ⲓⲉ ⲥ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲧⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉϥϫⲡⲓⲟ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲛ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ	èouon oumesit ie s̀nouti ǹmete efsōtem efgpio m̀mon hi ousop	Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, and one who should hear the cause between both.
9:34	ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥϥⲓⲡⲉϥϭⲉⲣⲱⲃ ϩⲓϫⲱⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲣⲉⲧⲉϥϩⲟⲧⲉ ϣⲧⲣⲧⲱⲣⲧ	ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥϥⲁⲓⲡⲉϥϭⲉⲣⲱⲃ ϩⲓϫⲱⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲑⲣⲉⲧⲉϥϩⲟϯ ϣⲧⲉⲣⲑⲱⲣⲧ	mareffaipefċerōb higōi ouoh mpenθretefhoti ṡterθōrt	Let him remove his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
9:35	ⲛϯⲛⲁⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲛⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲛϯⲙⲓⲛⲉ	ⲛ̀ϯⲛⲁⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲛⲁⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ϯⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲓ̀ⲙⲓⲛⲉ	ǹtinaerhoti an pe alla tinasaji ǹtisōoun ġar an m̀moi ǹtaìmine	so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious of guilt.

Provenance

title: Job 9
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_09
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Job 9 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_09, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Job/09.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Job 9 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 09.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_09)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Job 9 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_09, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: lexeme_open=2 th_resolved=3 tokens=271
file: Bible/Old Testament/Job/09.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Job 9 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 09.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Job 9 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_09, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Job/09.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 34 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 18_Job_09 (34 lines)

Cite as:

Job 9. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_09. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/job/09.sahidic.scriptorium/. Job 9 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_09, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.