Job 22

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Job 22

1Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἐλιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης, λέγει,

2Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?Πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;

3For what matters it to the Lord, if you were blameless in your works? or is it profitable that you should perfect your way?Τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος; ἢ ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου;

4Will you maintain and plead your own cause? and will he enter into judgment with you?Ἢ λόγον σου ποιοῦμενος ἐλέγξεις, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν;

5Is not your wickedness abundant, and your sins innumerable?Πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σου ἐστὶ πολλὴ, ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σου εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι;

6And you have taken security of your brethren for nothing, and have taken away the clothing of the naked.Ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διακενῆς, ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου.

7Neither have you given water to the thirsty to drink, but have taken away the morsel of the hungry.Οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας, ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν·

8And you have accepted the persons of some; and you have established those that were already settled on the earth.Ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον, ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

9But you have sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.Χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενὰς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.

10Therefore snares have compassed you, and disastrous war has troubled you.Τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες, καὶ ἐσπούδασέ σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος.

11The light has proved darkness to you, and water has covered you on your lying down.Τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.

12Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?Μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ; τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσε;

13And you have said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?Καὶ εἶπας, τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἢ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρίνει;

14A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.Νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται, καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.

15Will you not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?Μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις, ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι,

16who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream.οἳ συνελήφθησαν ἄωροι; ποταμὸς ἐπιῤῥέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν,

17Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?οἱ λέγοντες, Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ;

18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.Ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόῤῥω ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.

19The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them.Ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν, ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν.

20Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their property.Εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ.

21Be firm, I pray you, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper.Γενοῦ δὴ σκληρὸς, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς, εἶτα ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς.

22And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.Ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν, καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου.

23And if you shall turn and humble yourself before the Lord, you have thus removed unrighteousness far from your habitation.Ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου, πόῤῥω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου ἄδικον.

24You shall lay up for yourself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.Θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ, καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάῤῥου Σωφίρ.

25So the Almighty shall be your helper from enemies, and he shall bring you forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.Ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.

26Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.Εἶτα παῤῥησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς.

27And he shall hear you when you pray to him, and he shall grant you power to pay your vows.Εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου· δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς.

28And he shall establish to you again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon your paths.Ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος·

29Because you have humbled yourself; and you shall say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.Ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτὸν, καὶ ἐρεῖς, ὑπερηφανεύσατο, καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει.

30He shall deliver the innocent, and do you save yourself by your pure hands.Ῥύσεται ἀθῶον, καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσί σου.