Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει
2 Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie winde?
μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα πνεῦμα πολυρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου
3 Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον
4 If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν
5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος
6 If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous.
εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης
7 And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα
8 Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος
10 Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσιν ῥήματα
11 Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου
12 Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται
13 So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ κυρίου ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται
14 His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή
15 He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ στῇ ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ
16 The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται
17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται
18 If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
ἐὰν καταπίῃ ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν οὐχ ἑόρακας τοιαῦτα
19 Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει
20 Behold, God will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται
21 Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται
