Job 8

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει

2 How long wilt thou speak such things? How long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα πνεῦμα πολυρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου

3 Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?

μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον

4 As thy children sinned against him, He hath given them up to their transgression.

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

5 But if thou wilt seek early to God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty, —

σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος

6 If thou wilt be pure and upright, Surely he will yet arise for thee, And prosper thy righteous habitation;

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

7 So that thy beginning shall be small, And thy latter end very great.

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

8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And mark what hath been searched out by their fathers;

ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων

9 (For we are of yesterday and know nothing, Since our days upon the earth are but a shadow; )

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

10 Will not they instruct thee, and tell thee, And utter words from their understanding?

ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσιν ῥήματα

11 “Can the paper-reed grow up without mire? Can the bulrush grow without water?

μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου

12 While it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται

13 Such is the fate of all who forget God; So perisheth the hope of the ungodly.

οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ κυρίου ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται

14 His confidence shall come to nought, And his trust shall prove a spider's web.

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

15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; He shall lay fast hold on it, but it shall not endure.

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

16 He is in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;

ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται

17 His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;

ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται

18 When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'

ἐὰν καταπίῃ ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν οὐχ ἑόρακας τοιαῦτα

19 Lo! such is the joy of his course! And others shall spring up from his place”

ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει

20 Behold, God will not cast away an upright man; Nor will he help the evil-doers.

ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται

21 While he filleth thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with gladness,

ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, And the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought.

οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται