Job 22
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει·
2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
2πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;
3Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
3τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος; ἢ ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἁπλώσεις τὴν ὁδόν σου;
4Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
4ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν;
5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
5πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστι πολλή, ἀναρίθμητοι δὲ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι;
6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
6ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διακενῆς, ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου·
7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
7οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας, ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν·
8while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
8ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον, ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
9χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.
10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
10τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες, καὶ ἐσπούδασέ σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος.
11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
11τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.
12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
12μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ; τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσε;
13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
13καὶ εἶπας· τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ;
14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
14νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.
15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
15μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις, ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι,
16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
16οἳ συνελήφθησαν ἄωροι; ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν,
17They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
17οἱ λέγοντες· Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ Παντοκράτωρ;
18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
18ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
19ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν, ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν.
20‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
20εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ.
21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
21γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς· εἶτα ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς.
22Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
22ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ρήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου.
23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
23ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου, πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου ἄδικον.
24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
24θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάρρου Σωφίρ.
25then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.
25ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ Παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.
26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
26εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς·
27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
27εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου, δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς·
28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
28ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος.
29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
29ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτόν, καὶ ἐρεῖς· ὑπερηφανεύσατο, καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει.
30He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
30ρύσεται ἀθῷον, καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσί σου.
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