Job 36
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Elihu also continued, and said,
1ΠΡΟΣΘΕΙΣ δὲ ἔτι Ἐλιοὺς λέγει·
2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
2μεῖνόν με μικρὸν ἔτι, ἵνα διδάξω σε· ἔτι γὰρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστι λέξις.
3I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
3ἀναλαβὼν τὴν ἐπιστήμην μου μακράν, ἔργοις δέ μου δίκαια ἐρῶ ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείας
4For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
4καὶ οὐκ ἄδικα ρήματα ἀδίκως συνιεῖς.
5“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
5γίνωσκε δὲ ὅτι ὁ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον. δυνατὸς ἰσχύϊ καρδίας
6He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
6ἀσεβῆ οὐ μὴ ζωοποιήσει καὶ κρίμα πτωχῶν δώσει.
7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
7οὐκ ἀφελεῖ ἀπὸ δικαίου ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ· καὶ μετὰ βασιλέων εἰς θρόνον καὶ καθιεῖ αὐτοὺς εἰς νῖκος, καὶ ὑψωθήσονται.
8If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
8καὶ οἱ πεπεδημένοι ἐν χειροπέδαις συσχεθήσονται ἐν σχοινίοις πενίας,
9then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
9καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἰσχύσουσιν.
10He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
10ἀλλὰ τοῦ δικαίου εἰσακούσεται· καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐπιστραφήσονται ἐξ ἀδικίας.
11If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
11ἐὰν ἀκούσωσι καὶ δουλεύσωσι, συντελέσουσι τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτῶν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν ἐν εὐπρεπείαις.
12But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
12ἀσεβεῖς δὲ οὐ διασῴζει παρὰ τὸ μὴ βούλεσθαι αὐτοὺς εἰδέναι τὸν Κύριον καὶ διότι νουθετούμενοι ἀνήκοοι ἦσαν.
13“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
13καὶ ὑποκριταὶ καρδίᾳ τάξουσι θυμόν· οὐ βοήσονται, ὅτι ἔδησεν αὐτούς.
14They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
14ἀποθάνοι τοίνυν ἐν νεότητι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν, ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτῶν τιτρωσκομένη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλων,
15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
15ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ἔθλιψαν ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἀδύνατον, κρίμα δὲ πρᾳέων ἐκθήσει.
16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
16καὶ προσέτι ἠπάτησέ σε ἐκ στόματος ἐχθροῦ· ἄβυσσος, κατάχυσις ὑποκάτω αὐτῆς, καὶ κατέβη τράπεζά σου πλήρης πιότητος.
17“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
17οὐχ ὑστερήσει δὲ ἀπὸ δικαίων κρίμα,
18Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
18θυμὸς δὲ ἐπ᾿ ἀσεβεῖς ἔσται δι᾿ ἀσέβειαν δώρων, ὧν ἐδέχοντο ἐπ᾿ ἀδικίαις.
19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
19μή σε ἐκκλινάτω ἑκὼν ὁ νοῦς δεήσεως ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὄντων ἀδυνάτων, καὶ πάντας τοὺς κραταιοῦντας ἰσχύν.
20Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
20μὴ ἐξελκύσῃς τὴν νύκτα τοῦ ἀναβῆναι λαοὺς ἀντ᾿ αὐτῶν·
21Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
21ἀλλὰ φύλαξαι μὴ πράξῃς ἄτοπα· ἐπὶ τούτων γὰρ ἐξείλω ἀπὸ πτωχείας.
22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
22ἰδοὺ ὁ Ἰσχυρὸς κραταιώσει ἐν ἰσχύϊ αὐτοῦ· τίς γάρ ἐστι κατ᾿ αὐτὸν δυνάστης;
23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
23τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἐτάζων αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα; ἢ τίς ὁ εἰπών· ἔπραξεν ἄδικα;
24“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
24μνήσθητι, ὅτι μεγάλα ἐστὶν αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα, ὧν ἦρξαν ἄνδρες.
25All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
25πᾶς ἄνθρωπος εἶδεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ὅσοι τιτρωσκόμενοί εἰσι βροτοί.
26Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
26ἰδοὺ ὁ Ἰσχυρὸς πολύς, καὶ οὐ γνωσόμεθα· ἀριθμὸς ἐτῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέραντος.
27For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
27ἀριθμηταὶ δὲ αὐτῷ σταγόνες ὑετοῦ, καὶ ἐπιχυθήσονται ὑετῷ εἰς νεφέλην·
28which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
28ρυήσονται παλαιώματα, ἐσκίασε δὲ νέφη ἐπὶ ἀμυθήτων βροτῶν. 28α ὥραν ἔθετο κτήνεσιν, οἴδασι δὲ κοίτης τάξιν. 28β ἐπὶ τούτοις πᾶσιν οὐκ ἐξίσταταί σου ἡ διάνοια οὐδὲ διαλλάσσεταί σου ἡ καρδία ἀπὸ σώματος;
29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
29καὶ ἐὰν συνῇ ἀπεκτάσεις νεφέλης, ἰσότητα σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ,
30Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
30ἰδοὺ ἐκτενεῖ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν ἠδὼ καὶ ριζώματα τῆς θαλάσσης ἐκάλυψεν·
31For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
31ἐν γὰρ αὐτοῖς κρινεῖ λαούς, δώσει τροφὴν τῷ ἰσχύοντι.
32He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
32ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἐκάλυψε φῶς καὶ ἐνετείλατο περὶ αὐτῆς ἐν ἀπαντῶντι·
33Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
33ἀναγγελεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ φίλον αὐτοῦ Κύριος, κτῆσις καὶ περὶ ἀδικίας.
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