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Then Eliphaz the Thæmanite answered and said,

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ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ ᾿Ελιφὰζ ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει·

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Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,

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πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεῦμα καὶ ἐνέπλησε πόνον γαστρὸς

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reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?

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ἐλέγχων ἐν ρήμασιν, οἷς οὐ δεῖ, καὶ ἐν λόγοις, οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος;

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Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?

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οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον, συνετελέσω δὲ ρήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ Κυρίου;

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Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

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ἔνοχος εἶ ρήμασι στόματός σου, οὐδὲ διέκρινας ρήματα δυναστῶν.

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Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

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ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ, τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσί σου·

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What! art thou the first man that was born? or wert thou established before the hills?

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τί γάρ; μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγεννήθης; ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης;

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Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

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ἦ σύνταγμα Κυρίου ἀκήκοας, ἢ συμβούλῳ σοι ἐχρήσατο ὁ Θεός, εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία;

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For what knowest thou, that we know not? or what understandest thou, which we do not also?

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τί γὰρ οἶδας, ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν; ἢ τί συνίεις σύ, ὃ οὐ καὶ ἡμεῖς;

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Truly among us are both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.

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καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις.

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Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.

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ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι, μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας.

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What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes aimed at,

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τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου, ἢ τί ὑπένεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου;

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that thou hast vented thy rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from thy mouth?

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ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι Κυρίου, ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ρήματα τοιαῦτα.

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For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

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τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτός, ὅτι ἔσται ἄμεμπτος, ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός;

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Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.

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εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει, οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ;

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Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

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ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνήρ, πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ·

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But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;

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ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι, ἄκουέ μου· ἃ δὴ ἐώρακα, ἀναγγελῶ σοι,

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things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden.

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ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσι καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρες αὐτῶν·

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To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them.

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αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.

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All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.

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πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι, ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ,

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And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

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ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν, ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή.

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Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

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μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους· ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου,

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And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

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κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν· οἶδε δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα. ἡμέρα δὲ σκοτεινὴ αὐτὸν στροβήσει,

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Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.

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ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων.

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For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.

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ὅτι ἦρκε χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου, ἔναντι δὲ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν,

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And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

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ἔδραμε δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ,

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For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.

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ὅτι ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησε περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων.

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And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away.

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αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους, εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους· ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν, ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται.

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Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.

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οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ, οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν

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Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

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οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος. τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος, ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος.

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Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.

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μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ, κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ·

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His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.

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ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται, καὶ ὁ ράδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ·

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And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.

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τρυγηθείη δὲ ὡς ὄμβραξ πρὸς ὥρας, ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας.

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For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.

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μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος, πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν.

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And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

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ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήψεται ὀδύνας, ἀποβήσεται δὲ ἑαυτῷ κενά, ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον.