Job 8

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Job 8

1Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης, λέγει,

2How long will you speak these things, how long shall the breath of your mouth be abundant in words?Μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα, πνεῦμα πολυῤῥῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου;

3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?Μὴ ὁ Κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων; ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον;

4If your sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.Εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν.

5But be you early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.Σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς Κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος.

6If you are pure and true, he will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness.Εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινὸς, δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου, ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης.

7Though then your beginning should be small, yet your end should be unspeakably great.Ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα, τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα.

8For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of our fathers:Ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην, ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων·

9(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)Χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν· σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος·

10shall not these teach you, and report to you, and bring out words from their heart?Ἢ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσι, καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσι ῥήματα;

11Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?Μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος, ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου;

12When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?Ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης, καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ, πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται;

13Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.Οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ Κυρίου· ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται·

14For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.Ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος· ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή.

15If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.Ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ στῇ· ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ·

16For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.Ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου· καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.

17He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.Ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται· ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται.

18If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. Have you not seen such things,Ἐὰν καταπίῃ, ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν· οὐχ ἑώρακας τοιαῦτα,

19that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη, ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει.

20For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.Ὁ γὰρ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον· πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται.

21But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.Ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως.

22But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.Οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην, δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται.