Job 17:1
My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Spiritus meus attenuabitur ; dies mei breviabuntur : et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי
Haydock's commentary
Spirit. Hebrew, "breath is corrupt," (Haydock) or spent. I cannot breathe without the greatest difficulty. (Calmet)
Only. Septuagint, "But I want the grave, and do not obtain it." (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.