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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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Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?

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πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην;

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For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?

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τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος; ἢ ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἁπλώσεις τὴν ὁδόν σου;

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Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee?

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ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν;

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Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable?

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πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστι πολλή, ἀναρίθμητοι δὲ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι;

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And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked.

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ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διακενῆς, ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου·

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Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.

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οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας, ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν·

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And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth.

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ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον, ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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But thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast afflicted orphans.

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χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς, ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας.

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Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.

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τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες, καὶ ἐσπούδασέ σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος.

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The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.

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τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη, κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψε.

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Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?

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μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ; τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσε;

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And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

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καὶ εἶπας· τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ;

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A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

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νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.

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Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?

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μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις, ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι,

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who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream.

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οἳ συνελήφθησαν ἄωροι; ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν,

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Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?

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οἱ λέγοντες· Κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν; ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ Παντοκράτωρ;

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Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from him.

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ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

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The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them.

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ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν, ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν.

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Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their property.

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εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ.

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Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.

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γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς· εἶτα ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς.

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And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

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ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ρήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου.

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And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.

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ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου, πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου ἄδικον.

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Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.

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θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάρρου Σωφίρ.

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So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

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ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ Παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.

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Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

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εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς·

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And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows.

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εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου, δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς·

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And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.

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ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος.

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Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

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ὅτι ἐταπείνωσας σεαυτόν, καὶ ἐρεῖς· ὑπερηφανεύσατο, καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει.

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He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.

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ρύσεται ἀθῷον, καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσί σου.