| 1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: |
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ΥπολαβὼνδὲΕλιφαςοΘαιμανίτηςλέγει
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| 2 | “Can a man be profitable to God, Though he who is wise may be profitable to himself? |
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Πότερονουχὶοκύριόςεστινοδιδάσκωνσύνεσινκαὶεπιστήμην;
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| 3 | Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways blameless? |
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τίγὰρμέλειτῶκυρίω,εὰνσὺῆσθατοῖςέργοιςάμεμπτος;ὴωφέλειαότιαπλώσηςτὴνοδόνσου;
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| 4 | “Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, And enters into judgment with you? |
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ῆλόγονσουποιούμενοςελέγξεισεκαὶσυνεισελεύσεταίσοιειςκρίσιν;
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| 5 | Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end? |
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πότερονουχηκακίασούεστινπολλή,αναρίθμητοιδέσούεισιναιαμαρτίαι;
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| 6 | For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing. |
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ηνεχύραζεςδὲτοὺςαδελφούςσουδιὰκενῆς,αμφίασινδὲγυμνῶναφείλου·
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| 7 | You have not given the weary water to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry. |
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ουδὲύδωρδιψῶνταςεπότισας,αλλὰπεινώντωνεστέρησαςψωμόν·
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| 8 | But the mighty man possessed the land, And the honorable man dwelt in it. |
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εθαύμασαςδέτινωνπρόσωπον,ώκισαςδὲτοὺςεπὶτῆςγῆς·
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| 9 | You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed. |
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χήραςδὲεξαπέστειλαςκενάς,ορφανοὺςδὲεκάκωσας.
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| 10 | Therefore snares are all around you, And sudden fear troubles you, |
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τοιγαροῦνεκύκλωσάνσεπαγίδες,καὶεσπούδασένσεπόλεμοςεξαίσιος·
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| 11 | Or darkness so that you cannot see; And an abundance of water covers you. |
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τὸφῶςσοισκότοςαπέβη,κοιμηθένταδὲύδωρσεεκάλυψεν.
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| 12 | “Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are! |
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μὴουχὶοτὰυψηλὰναίωνεφορᾶ,τοὺςδὲύβρειφερομένουςεταπείνωσεν;
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| 13 | And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness? |
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καὶεῖπαςΤίέγνωοισχυρός;ῆκατὰτοῦγνόφουκρινεῖ;
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| 14 | Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.’ |
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νέφηαποκρυφὴαυτοῦ,καὶουχοραθήσεταικαὶγῦρονουρανοῦδιαπορεύσεται.
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| 15 | Will you keep to the old way Which wicked men have trod, |
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μὴτρίβοναιώνιονφυλάξεις,ὴνεπάτησανάνδρεςάδικοι,
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| 16 | Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood? |
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οὶσυνελήμφθησανάωροι;ποταμὸςεπιρρέωνοιθεμέλιοιαυτῶν
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| 17 | They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’ |
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οιλέγοντεςΚύριοςτίποιήσειημῖν;ὴτίεπάξεταιημῖνοπαντοκράτωρ;
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| 18 | Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
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ὸςδὲενέπλησεντοὺςοίκουςαυτῶναγαθῶν,βουλὴδὲασεβῶνπόρρωαπ᾿αυτοῦ.
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| 19 | “The righteous see it and are glad, And the innocent laugh at them: |
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ιδόντεςδίκαιοιεγέλασαν,άμεμπτοςδὲεμυκτήρισεν.
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| 20 | ‘Surely our adversaries are cut down, And the fire consumes their remnant.’ |
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ειμὴηφανίσθηηυπόστασιςαυτῶν,καὶτὸκατάλειμμααυτῶνκαταφάγεταιπῦρ.
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| 21 | “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you. |
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γενοῦδὴσκληρός,εὰνυπομείνης·εῖτοκαρπόςσουέσταιεναγαθοῖς.
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| 22 | Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart. |
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έκλαβεδὲεκστόματοςαυτοῦεξηγορίανκαὶανάλαβετὰρήματααυτοῦενκαρδίασου.
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| 23 | If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents. |
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εὰνδὲεπιστραφῆςκαὶταπεινώσηςσεαυτὸνέναντικυρίου,πόρρωεποίησαςαπὸδιαίτηςσουτὸάδικον.
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| 24 | Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. |
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θήσηεπὶχώματιενπέτρακαὶωςπέτραχειμάρρουςΩφιρ.
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| 25 | Yes, the Almighty will be your gold And your precious silver; |
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έσταιοῦνσουοπαντοκράτωρβοηθὸςαπὸεχθρῶν,καθαρὸνδὲαποδώσεισεώσπεραργύριονπεπυρωμένον.
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| 26 | For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God. |
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εῖταπαρρησιασθήσηέναντικυρίουαναβλέψαςειςτὸνουρανὸνιλαρῶς·
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| 27 | You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows. |
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ευξαμένουδέσουπρὸςαυτὸνεισακούσεταίσου,δώσειδέσοιαποδοῦναιτὰςευχάς·
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| 28 | You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways. |
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αποκαταστήσειδέσοιδίαιτανδικαιοσύνης,επὶδὲοδοῖςσουέσταιφέγγος.
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| 29 | When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person. |
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ότιεταπείνωσεναυτόν,καὶερεῖςΥπερηφανεύσατο,καὶκύφονταοφθαλμοῖςσώσει·
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| 30 | He will even deliver one who is not innocent; Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.” |
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ρύσεταιαθῶον,καὶδιασώθητιενκαθαραῖςχερσίνσου.
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