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Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard them.

¹

ΙΔΟΥ ταῦτα ἑώρακέ μου ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ ἀκήκοέ μου τὸ οὖς·

²

And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.

²

καὶ οἶδα ὅσα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπίστασθε, καὶ οὐκ ἀσυνετώτερός εἰμι ὑμῶν.

³

Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.

³

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ᾿ ἐγὼ πρὸς Κύριον λαλήσω, ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται.

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But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.

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ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε ἰατροὶ ἄδικοι καὶ ἰαταὶ κακῶν πάντες.

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But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.

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εἴη δὲ ὑμῖν κωφεῦσαι, καὶ ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς σοφίαν.

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But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.

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ἀκούσατε ἔλεγχον τοῦ στόματός μου, κρίσιν δὲ χειλέων μου προσέχετε.

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Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?

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πότερον οὐκ ἔναντι Κυρίου λαλεῖτε, ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ φθέγγεσθε δόλον;

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Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.

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ἦ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γίνεσθε.

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For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,

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καλόν γε, ἐὰν ἐξιχνιάσῃ ὑμᾶς· εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάντα ποιοῦντες προστεθήσεσθε αὐτῷ,

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he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,

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οὐθὲν ἧττον ἐλέγξει ὑμᾶς· εἰ δὲ καὶ κρυφῇ πρόσωπα θαυμάσεσθε,

¹¹

shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?

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πότερον οὐχὶ δεινὰ αὐτοῦ στροβήσει ὑμᾶς, φόβος δὲ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐπιπεσεῖται ὑμῖν;

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And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.

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ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ γαυρίαμα ἴσα σποδῷ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον.

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Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from mine anger,

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κωφεύσατε, ἵνα λαλήσω καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ

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while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

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ἀναλαβὼν τὰς σάρκας μου τοῖς ὀδοῦσι, ψυχὴν δέ μου θήσω ἐν χειρί.

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Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.

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ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται, ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ·

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And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.

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καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἀποβήσεται εἰς σωτηρίαν, οὐ γὰρ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ δόλος εἰσελεύσεται.

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Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.

¹⁷

ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε τὰ ρήματά μου, ἀναγγελῶ γὰρ ὑμῶν ἀκουόντων.

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Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.

¹⁸

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου, οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι·

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For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?

¹⁹

τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι, ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω;

²⁰

But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.

²⁰

δυοῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ· τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι.

²¹

Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.

²¹

τὴν χεῖρα ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου, καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω.

²²

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.

²²

εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι· ἢ λαλήσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι δώσω ἀνταπόκρισιν.

²³

How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.

²³

πόσαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου καὶ ἀνομίαι μου; δίδαξόν με τίνες εἰσί.

²⁴

Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?

²⁴

διατί ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ, ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι;

²⁵

Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?

²⁵

ἦ ὡς φύλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι;

²⁶

For thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.

²⁶

ὅτι κατέγραψας κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ κακά, περιέθηκας δέ μοι νεότητος ἁμαρτίας,

²⁷

And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.

²⁷

ἔθου δέ μου τὸν πόδα ἐν κωλύματι, ἐφύλαξας δέ μου πάντα τὰ ἔργα, εἰς δὲ ρίζας τῶν ποδῶν μου ἀφίκου·

²⁸

I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.

²⁸

ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον.