Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα πνεῦμα πολυρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος
6 If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης
7 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων
9 For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσιν ῥήματα
11 Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου
12 Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται
13 So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ κυρίου ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή
15 He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ στῇ ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται
18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
ἐὰν καταπίῃ ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν οὐχ ἑόρακας τοιαῦτα
19 Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.
ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται
