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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
World English Bible
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει·
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2μὴ πολλάκις σοι λελάληται ἐν κόπῳ; ἰσχὺν δὲ ρημάτων σου τίς ὑποίσει;
2“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3εἰ γὰρ σὺ ἐνουθέτησας πολλοὺς καὶ χεῖρας ἀσθενοῦς παρεκάλεσας,
3Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
4ἀσθενοῦντάς τε ἐξανέστησας ρήμασι, γόνασί τε ἀδυνατοῦσι θάρσος περιέθηκας,
4Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
5νῦν δὲ ἥκει ἐπὶ σὲ πόνος καὶ ἥψατό σου, σὺ ἐσπούδασας.
5But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
6πότερον οὐχ ὁ φόβος σού ἐστιν ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς σου καὶ ἡ κακία τῆς ὁδοῦ σου;
6Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
7μνήσθητι οὖν, τίς καθαρὸς ὢν ἀπώλετο ἢ πότε ἀληθινοὶ ὁλόρριζοι ἀπώλοντο;
7“Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8καθ᾿ ὃν τρόπον εἶδον τοὺς ἀροτριῶντας τὰ ἄτοπα, οἱ δὲ σπείροντες αὐτὰ ὀδύνας θεριοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς.
8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.
9ἀπὸ προστάγματος Κυρίου ἀπολοῦνται, ἀπὸ δὲ πνεύματος ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἀφανισθήσονται.
9By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
10σθένος λέοντος, φωνὴ δὲ λεαίνης, γαυρίαμα δὲ δρακόντων ἐσβέσθη·
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11μυρμηκολέων ὤλετο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βοράν, σκύμνοι δὲ λεόντων ἔλιπον ἀλλήλους.
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12εἰ δέ τι ρῆμα ἀληθινὸν ἐγεγόνει ἐν λόγοις σου, οὐθὲν ἄν σοι τούτων κακὸν ἀπήντησε. πότερον οὐ δέξεταί μου τὸ οὖς ἐξαίσια παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ;
12“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
13φόβοι δὲ καὶ ἠχὼ νυκτερινή, ἐπιπίπτων φόβος ἐπ᾿ ἀνθρώπους,
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14φρίκη δέ μοι συνήντησε καὶ τρόμος καὶ μεγάλως μου τὰ ὀστᾶ διέσεισε,
14fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
15καὶ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπῆλθεν, ἔφριξαν δέ μου τρίχες καὶ σάρκες.
15Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
16ἀνέστην, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνων· εἶδον, καὶ οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ αὔραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον·
16It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
17τί γάρ; μὴ καθαρὸς ἔσται βροτὸς ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἄμεμπτος ἀνήρ;
17‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18εἰ κατὰ παίδων αὐτοῦ οὐ πιστεύει, κατὰ δὲ ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ σκολιόν τι ἐπενόησε,
18Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
19τοὺς δὲ κατοικοῦντας οἰκίας πηλίνας, ἐξ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἐσμεν, ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺς σητὸς τρόπον·
19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
20καὶ ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν μέχρις ἑσπέρας οὐκέτι εἰσί, παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι ἀπώλοντο.
20Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
21ἐνεφύσησε γὰρ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐξηράνθησαν, ἀπώλοντο παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σοφίαν.
21Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’
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