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Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,

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ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει·

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How long wilt thou speak these things, how long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words?

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μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα, πνεῦμα πολυρρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου;

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Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

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μὴ ὁ Κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον;

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If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

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εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν.

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But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

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σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς Κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος.

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If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

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εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός, δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου, ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης·

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Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.

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ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα, τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα.

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For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of our fathers:

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ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην, ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων·

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(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)

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χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν, σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος.

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shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, and bring out words from their heart?

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ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσι καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσι καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσι ρήματα;

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Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

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μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου;

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When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

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ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ρίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ, πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται;

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Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ Κυρίου· ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται.

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For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

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ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος, ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή.

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If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

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ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ στῇ· ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ·

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For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

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ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου, καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ράδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.

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He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the midst of flints.

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ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται, ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται.

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If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

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ἐὰν καταπίῃ, ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν· οὐχ ἑώρακας τοιαῦτα,

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that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

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ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη, ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει.

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For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

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ὁ γὰρ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσεται τὸν ἄκακον, πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται.

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But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

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ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως·

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But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.

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οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην, δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται.