Job 15

1 Then answered Eliphaz the Themanite, and said,

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει

2 Should a wise man utter windy knowledge, and fill his inward parts with the east wind?

πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς

3 Should he reason with a speech which availeth nothing? and with words in which there is no profit?

ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος

4 Yea, thou truly makest void the fear [of God], and diminishest devotion before God.

οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου

5 For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.

ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν

6 Thy own mouth must condemn thee, but not I: yea, thy own lips will testify against thee.

ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσίν σου

7 Wast thou born as the first man? or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης

8 Hast thou listened to the secret counsel of God? and is wisdom therefore of little esteem with thee?

ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία

9 What knowest thou, that we do not know? what understandest thou, which is not with us?

τί γὰρ οἶδας ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἢ τί συνίεις ὃ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς

10 Both the grayheaded and the very aged are among us, — richer than thy father in days.

καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις

11 Are the divine consolations too little for thee? and the word that was so mild with thee?

ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας

12 Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?

τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου

13 That thou shouldst turn against God thy spirit, and utter [such] words out of thy mouth?

ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα

14 What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?

τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτός ὅτι ἔσται ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός

15 Behold, in his holy ones he putteth no trust; and the heavens are not pure in his eyes:

εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ

16 How much more then the abominable and corrupt, the man who drinketh like water wrong-doing?

ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ

17 I will instruct thee, hear me; and what I have seen will I relate;

ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι

18 Which wise men have ever told, and have not concealed, as they obtained it from their fathers;

ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν

19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and into whose midst no stranger ever entered.

αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ’ αὐτούς

20 All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.

πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ

21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.

ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.

μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying, ] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.

κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν οἶδεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα ἡμέρα δὲ αὐτὸν σκοτεινὴ στροβήσει

24 Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.

ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων

25 Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;

ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν

26 [And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;

ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ

27 Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;

ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων

28 And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.

αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται

29 [Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.

οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν

30 He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος

31 Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.

μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ

32 Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.

ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ

33 He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.

τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας

34 For the assembly of hypocrites will remain desolate, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν

35 They conceive trouble, and bring forth wrong-doing, and their body prepareth deceit.

ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον