Ἰώβ 35

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιους λέγει

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι κυρίου

Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,

3 ἢ ἐρεῖς τί ποιήσω ἁμαρτών

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

4 ἐγὼ σοὶ δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν φίλοις σου

I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.

5 ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδέ κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

6 εἰ ἥμαρτες τί πράξεις εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι

If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7 ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δίκαιος εἶ τί δώσεις αὐτῷ ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήμψεται

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

8 ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου

Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; And thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.

9 ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς

But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

11 ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

12 ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν

There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

13 ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ὁ κύριος ἰδεῖν αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁρατής ἐστιν

Surely God will not hear an empty [cry], Neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα καὶ σώσει με κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ εἰ δύνασαι αἰνέσαι αὐτόν ὡς ἔστιν

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

15 καὶ νῦν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παραπτώματι σφόδρα

But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;

16 καὶ Ιωβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; He multiplieth words without knowledge.