Job 15

1 Then responded Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει

2 Should, a wise man, answer unreal knowledge? or fill, with the east wind, his inner man?

πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς

3 Disputing with discourse that doth no good, or with speech, wherein is no profit?

ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος

4 But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.

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

5 For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν

6 Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.

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

7 The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?

τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης

8 In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία

9 What knowest thou, that we know not? [What] understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?

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

10 Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!

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

11 Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?

ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας

12 How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!

τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου

13 For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!

ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα

14 What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?

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

15 Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:

εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ

16 How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in—like water—perversity.

ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ

17 I will tell thee—hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.

ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι

18 Which, wise men, tell, and deny not [that which is] from their fathers.

ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν

19 To them alone, was the earth given, and no alien passed through their midst:

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

20 All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;

πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ

21 A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;

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

22 He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου

23 A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is 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 shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:

ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων

25 Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;

ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν

26 He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;

ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ

27 For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

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

28 And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.

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

29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

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

30 He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth!

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

31 Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;

μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ

32 Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;

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

33 He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.

τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας

34 For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;

μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν

35 Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.

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