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ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει·

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Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

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μέχρι τίνος οὐ παύσῃ; ἐπίσχες, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ λαλήσωμεν.

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How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak.

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διατὶ δὲ ὥσπερ τετράποδα σεσιωπήκαμεν ἐναντίον σου;

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For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?

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κέχρηταί σοι ὀργή· τί γάρ; ἐὰν σὺ ἀποθάνῃς, ἀοίκητος ἡ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανόν; ἢ καταστραφήσεται ὄρη ἐκ θεμελίων;

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Anger has possessed thee: for what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?

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καὶ φῶς ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῶν ἡ φλόξ·

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But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.

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τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ σκότος ἐν διαίτῃ, ὁ δὲ λύχνος ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ σβεσθήσεται.

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His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

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θηρεύσαισαν ἐλάχιστοι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ, σφάλαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡ βουλή.

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Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.

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ἐμβέβληται δὲ ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν παγίδι, ἐν δικτύῳ ἑλιχθείη.

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His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.

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ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν παγίδες, κατισχύσει ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν διψῶντας.

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And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

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κέκρυπται ἐν τῇ γῇ σχοινίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ σύλληψις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρίβων.

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His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

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κύκλῳ ὀλέσαισαν αὐτὸν ὀδύναι, πολλοὶ δὲ περὶ πόδα αὐτοῦ ἔλθοισαν

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Let pains destroy him round about, and let many enemies come about him,

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ἐν λιμῷ στενῷ. πτῶμα δὲ αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασται ἐξαίσιον.

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vex him with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

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βρωθείησαν αὐτοῦ κλῶνες ποδῶν, κατέδεται δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὡραῖα θάνατος.

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Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.

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ἐκραγείη δὲ ἐκ διαίτης αὐτοῦ ἴασις, σχοίη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη αἰτίᾳ βασιλικῇ.

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And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

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κατασκηνώσει ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ αὐτοῦ ἐν νυκτὶ αὐτοῦ, κατασπαρήσονται τὰ εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ θείῳ.

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It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

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ὑποκάτωθεν αἱ ρίζαι αὐτοῦ ξηρανθήσονται, καὶ ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται θερισμὸς αὐτοῦ.

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His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

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τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆς, καὶ ὑπάρξει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω.

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Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

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ἀπώσειεν αὐτὸν ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος.

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Let one drive him from light into darkness.

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οὐκ ἔσται ἐπίγνωστος ἐν λαῷ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ σεσωσμένος ἐν τῇ ὑπ᾿ οὐρανὸν ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ,

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He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.

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ἀλλ᾿ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ζήσονται ἕτεροι. ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἐστέναξαν ἔσχατοι, πρώτους δὲ ἔσχε θαῦμα.

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But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.

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οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ οἶκοι ἀδίκων, οὗτος δὲ ὁ τόπος τῶν μὴ εἰδότων τὸν Κύριον.

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These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.