Job 35

And Elius resumed and said,

ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ ᾿Ελιοὺς λέγει·

What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?

τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει; σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας· δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι Κυρίου;

I will answer thee, and thy three friends.

ἐγώ σοι δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶ φίλοις σου.

Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.

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

If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?

εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις;

and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?

εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;

And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?

ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δικαιος εἶ, τί δώσεις αὐτῷ; ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήψεται;

Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου, καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου.

They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται, βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν.

But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;

καὶ οὐκ εἶπε· ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με, ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς,

who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?

ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς, ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ;

There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.

ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν.

For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.

ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ἰδεῖν ὁ Κύριος, αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Παντοκράτωρ

He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is [possible] even now.

ὁρατής ἐστι τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα καὶ σώσει με. κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, εἰ δύνασαι αὐτὸν αἰνέσαι, ὥς ἐστι.

For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.

καὶ νῦν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παράπτωμά τι σφόδρα·

Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

καὶ ᾿Ιὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει.