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1 Clement 39.3

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: A vision in Job.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:74

γέγραπται γάρ· Οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλʼ ἢ αὔραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον·

English · Claude translation

For it is written: “There was no form before my eyes, but I heard a breath and a voice:

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:74 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • 39.3–9 quote Job 4:16–18; 15:15; 4:19–5:5 in the Septuagint form.

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1 Clem. 39.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/3/).

Plain text
1 Clem. 39.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/3/).

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