Job 23 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_23

Attribution: Job 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_23, 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
23:1	ⲁⲓⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ	ⲁ ⲓⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲩⲱ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲥ	a iōb ḋe erouō efgō m̀mos	Then Job answered and said,
23:2	ϫⲉϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲱ ϫⲉⲉⲣⲉⲡⲁϫⲡⲓⲟ ϩⲛⲛⲁϭⲓϫ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲧⲉϥϭⲓϫ ϩⲣⲟϣ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ	ϫⲉ ϯⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲱ ϫⲉ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲡⲁϫⲡⲓⲟ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁϫⲓϫ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲧⲉϥϫⲓϫ ϩⲣⲟϣ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ	je tisōoun hō je èrepagpio xen najig ouoh atefjig hroṡ èjen paaṡahom	Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.
23:3	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉⲧⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉϯⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲛⲏⲩ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ	ⲛⲓⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲛⲏⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ	nim ġar petsōoun je tinajimi èrof ouoh tinyou ṡavol	Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter?
23:4	ⲛϥϫⲱ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲁⲡ ⲉⲙⲉϩⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲛϫⲡⲓⲟ	ⲛ̀ϥϫⲱ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁϩⲁⲡ ⲉ̀ⲙⲁϩⲧⲁⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ϫⲡⲓⲟ	ǹfgō ḋe nyi ǹpahap èmahtatapro ǹgpio	And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5	ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲉⲥⲑⲁⲛⲉ ⲇⲉ ϫⲉϥⲛⲁϫⲉⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ	ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲉ̀ⲧⲉϥⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲁⲓⲁⲓⲥⲑⲁⲛⲉ ⲇⲉ ϫⲉ ϥ̀ⲛⲁϫⲉⲟⲩ ⲛⲏⲓ	taeime entalċo ètefnagoou nyi aiaisθane ḋe je f̀najeou nyi	And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me.
23:6	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲓⲧⲁ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲭⲣⲱ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲁⲡⲓⲗⲏ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛ̀ϫⲟⲙ ⲓⲧⲁ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲭⲣⲱ ⲛⲏⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲓⲗⲏ	ouoh efnai ègōi xen ouniṡti ǹgom ita ǹnefkrō nyi xen ouapily	Though he should come on me in his great strength, then he would not threaten me;
23:7	ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲙⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲛⲡⲉϫⲡⲓⲟ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲉϥⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲁⲡ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ	ⲉ̀ⲣⲉⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡ̀ϫⲡⲓⲟ ⲛ̀ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲉϥⲉ̀ⲓ̀ⲛⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁϩⲁⲡ ϣⲁⲃⲟⲗ	èreθmyi ġar nem p̀gpio ǹtotf efèìni ḋe ǹpahap ṡavol	for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.
23:8	ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲡⲱϩ ⲅⲁⲣ ϣⲁⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲙϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ϩⲛⲛϩⲁⲉⲩⲉ	ⲁⲓϣⲁⲛⲫⲱϧ ⲅⲁⲣ ϣⲁ ⲛ̀ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁϣⲧⲉⲙϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉⲧϯⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲉⲩⲉ	aiṡanfōx ġar ṡa ǹṡorp ǹtaṡtemṡōpi ou ḋe pettisōoun m̀mof xen ǹhaeve	For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know concerning the latter end?
23:10	ϥⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ϫⲓⲛⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁϩⲓⲏ ⲁϥⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲃ	ϥⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ϫⲓⲛϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲁϥⲉⲣⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲓⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲣⲏϯ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲃ	fsōoun ġar jintinou ǹpamōit aferḋokimazin m̀moi ǹf̀ryti ǹp̀noub	For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold.
23:11	ϯⲛⲏⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲁⲓϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲛⲉϥϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲁⲁⲧⲟⲩ	ϯⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲁⲓⲁ̀ⲣⲉϩ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ̀ⲛⲉϥⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲁⲁⲧⲟⲩ	tinyou ḋe èvol xen nefouahsahni aiàreh ġar ènefmōit ouoh nnasaatou	And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
23:12	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲛⲁⲕⲱ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲁⲓϩⲱⲡ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϥϣⲁϫⲉ ϩⲛⲕⲟⲩⲛⲧ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲭⲱ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲁⲓϩⲱⲡ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̀ⲛⲉϥⲥⲁϫⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲛⲧ	ouoh ǹnakō ǹsōi ǹnefouahsahni aihōp ḋe ǹnefsaji xen kount	neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
23:13	ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ϩⲓⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϩⲙ ⲛⲁϥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲁⲁϥ	ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲓ ϩⲓⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱϩⲙ ⲛⲁϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲁⲓϥ	isje ǹθof ḋe petafkrine m̀moi hinai nim petnaouōhm naf petafouaṡf ġar petafaif	And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed a thing and done it.
23:14	ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲡⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ ϩⲏⲧϥ	ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲫⲱⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲉⲣϩⲟϯ ϩⲏⲧϥ	eθve fai aifōt èratf eftisvō ḋe nai aierhoti hytf	draft · mediumTherefore I ran to him; and when he taught me, I was afraid of him.
23:16	ⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲉⲧⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲡⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ ϣⲧⲏⲣⲧⲱⲣⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲡⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲛⲏⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲓ	ⲁⲡ̀ϭⲟⲓⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩⲉⲧⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲁ ⲡⲓⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ ϣⲧⲏⲣⲧⲱⲣⲧ ⲛⲁⲓⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲡ̀ⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲓ	ap̀ċois ḋe ouetpahyt a pipantōkratōr ṡtyrtōrt naisōoun ġar an je p̀kake nyou ègōi	But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.
23:17	ⲁⲩϭⲟⲥⲙ ⲇⲉ ϩⲉⲃⲥⲡⲁϩⲟ	ⲁ̀ⲟⲩϭⲟⲥⲙ ⲇⲉ ϩⲉⲃⲥⲡⲁϩⲟ	àouċosm ḋe hevspaho	For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered me before my face.

Provenance

title: Job 23
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_23
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Job 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_23, 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/23.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Job 23 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 23.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_23)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Job 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_23, 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_L1-S-8=1 lexeme_open=1 th_resolved=1 tokens=120
file: Bible/Old Testament/Job/23.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Job 23 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 23.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Job 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_23, 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/23.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: 14 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 18_Job_23 (14 lines)

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Job 23. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 18_Job_23. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/job/23.sahidic.scriptorium/. Job 23 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 18_Job_23, 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.