Job 8
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
1ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει·
2How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
2μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα, πνεῦμα πολυρρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου;
3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
3μὴ ὁ Κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον;
4If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
4εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν.
5If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
5σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς Κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος.
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
6εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός, δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου, ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης·
7And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
7ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα, τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα.
8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
8ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην, ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων·
9For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
9χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν, σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος.
10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
10ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσι καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσι καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσι ρήματα;
11Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
11μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου;
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
12ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ρίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ, πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται;
13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
13οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ Κυρίου· ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται.
14Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
14ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος, ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή.
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
15ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ στῇ· ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ·
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
16ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου, καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ράδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
17ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται, ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
18ἐὰν καταπίῃ, ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν· οὐχ ἑώρακας τοιαῦτα,
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
19ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη, ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει.
20Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
20ὁ γὰρ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσεται τὸν ἄκακον, πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται.
21Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
21ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως·
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
22οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην, δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται.
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