Job 8

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,

Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδὰδ ὁ Σαυχίτης, λέγει,

How long wilt thou speak these things, how long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words?

Μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα, πνεῦμα πολυῤῥῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου;

Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

Μὴ ὁ Κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων; ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον;

If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

Εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν.

But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

Σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς Κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος.

If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

Εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινὸς, δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου, ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης.

Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.

Ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα, τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα.

For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of our fathers:

Ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην, ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων·

(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)

Χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν· σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος·

shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, and bring out words from their heart?

Ἢ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσι, καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσι ῥήματα;

Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?

Μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος, ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου;

When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

Ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης, καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ, πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται;

Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

Οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ Κυρίου· ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται·

For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

Ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος· ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή.

If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

Ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ στῇ· ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ·

For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

Ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου· καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.

He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the midst of flints.

Ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται· ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται.

If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

Ἐὰν καταπίῃ, ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν· οὐχ ἑώρακας τοιαῦτα,

that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη, ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει.

For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

Ὁ γὰρ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον· πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται.

But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.

Ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως.

But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.

Οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην, δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται.