Job 35

1 ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ δὲ Ἐλιοὺς λέγει·

1 And Elius resumed and said,

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

2 What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?

3 ἐγώ σοι δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶ φίλοις σου.

3 I will answer you, and your three friends.

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

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

5 εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;

5 If you have sinned, what will you do? and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform? (verse 35:5-6 in Brenton's English)

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

7 And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?

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

8 Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.

9 ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται, βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 καὶ Ἰὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ρήματα βαρύνει.

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