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And Elius resumed and said,

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ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ ᾿Ελιοὺς λέγει·

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What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?

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τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει; σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας· δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι Κυρίου;

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I will answer thee, and thy three friends.

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ἐγώ σοι δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶ φίλοις σου.

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Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.

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ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδέ, κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ.

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If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do? and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?

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εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;

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And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?

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ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δικαιος εἶ, τί δώσεις αὐτῷ; ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήψεται;

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Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

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ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου.

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They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

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ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται, βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν.

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But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

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καὶ οὐκ εἶπε· ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με, ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς,

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who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

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ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς, ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ;

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There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.

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ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν.

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For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.

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ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ἰδεῖν ὁ Κύριος, αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Παντοκράτωρ

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He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now.

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ὁρατής ἐστι τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα καὶ σώσει με. κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, εἰ δύνασαι αὐτὸν αἰνέσαι, ὥς ἐστι.

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For he is not now regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.

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καὶ νῦν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παράπτωμά τι σφόδρα·

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Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

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καὶ ᾿Ιὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ρήματα βαρύνει.