KJV

1  Then Eliphaz⁴⁶⁴ the Temanite⁸⁴⁸⁹ answered⁶⁰³⁰ and said,⁵⁵⁹

2  Can a man¹³⁹⁷ be profitable⁵⁵³² unto God,⁴¹⁰ as he that³⁵⁸⁸ is wise⁷⁹¹⁹ may be profitable⁵⁵³² unto⁵⁹²¹ himself?

3  Is it any pleasure²⁶⁵⁶ to the Almighty,⁷⁷⁰⁶ that³⁵⁸⁸ thou art righteous?⁶⁶⁶³ or⁵¹⁸ is it gain¹²¹⁵ to him, that³⁵⁸⁸ thou makest thy ways perfect?^{8552 1870}

4  Will he reprove³¹⁹⁸ thee for fear^{4480 3374} of thee? will he enter⁹³⁵ with⁵⁹⁷³ thee into judgment?⁴⁹⁴¹

5  Is not³⁸⁰⁸ thy wickedness⁷⁴⁵¹ great?⁷²²⁷ and thine iniquities⁵⁷⁷¹ infinite?^{369 7093}

6  For³⁵⁸⁸ thou hast taken a pledge²²⁵⁴ from thy brother²⁵¹ for naught,²⁶⁰⁰ and stripped⁶⁵⁸⁴ the naked⁶¹⁷⁴ of their clothing.⁸⁹⁹

7  Thou hast not³⁸⁰⁸ given water⁴³²⁵ to the weary⁵⁸⁸⁹ to drink,⁸²⁴⁸ and thou hast withheld⁴⁵¹³ bread³⁸⁹⁹ from the hungry.^{4480 7457}

8  But as for the mighty²²²⁰ man,³⁷⁶ he had the earth;⁷⁷⁶ and the honorable man^{5375 6440} dwelt³⁴²⁷ in it.

9  Thou hast sent widows away^{7971 490} empty,⁷³⁸⁷ and the arms²²²⁰ of the fatherless³⁴⁹⁰ have been broken.¹⁷⁹²

10  Therefore^{5921 3651} snares⁶³⁴¹ are round about⁵⁴³⁹ thee, and sudden⁶⁵⁹⁷ fear⁶³⁴³ troubleth⁹²⁶ thee;

11  Or¹⁷⁶ darkness,²⁸²² that thou canst not³⁸⁰⁸ see;⁷²⁰⁰ and abundance⁸²²⁹ of waters⁴³²⁵ cover³⁶⁸⁰ thee.

12  Is not³⁸⁰⁸ God⁴³³ in the height¹³⁶³ of heaven?⁸⁰⁶⁴ and behold⁷²⁰⁰ the height⁷²¹⁸ of the stars,³⁵⁵⁶ how³⁵⁸⁸ high they are!⁷³¹¹

13  And thou sayest,⁵⁵⁹ How⁴¹⁰⁰ doth God⁴¹⁰ know?³⁰⁴⁵ can he judge⁸¹⁹⁹ through¹¹⁵⁷ the dark cloud?⁶²⁰⁵

14  Thick clouds⁵⁶⁴⁵ are a covering⁵⁶⁴³ to him, that he seeth⁷²⁰⁰ not;³⁸⁰⁸ and he walketh¹⁹⁸⁰ in the circuit²³²⁹ of heaven.⁸⁰⁶⁴

15  Hast thou marked⁸¹⁰⁴ the old⁵⁷⁶⁹ way⁷³⁴ which⁸³⁴ wicked²⁰⁵ men⁴⁹⁶² have trodden?¹⁸⁶⁹

16  Which⁸³⁴ were cut down⁷⁰⁵⁹ out of³⁸⁰⁸ time,⁶²⁵⁶ whose foundation³²⁴⁷ was overflown³³³² with a flood:⁵¹⁰⁴

17  Which said⁵⁵⁹ unto God,⁴¹⁰ Depart⁵⁴⁹³ from⁴⁴⁸⁰ us: and what⁴¹⁰⁰ can the Almighty⁷⁷⁰⁶ do⁶⁴⁶⁶ for them?

18  Yet he¹⁹³¹ filled⁴³⁹⁰ their houses¹⁰⁰⁴ with good²⁸⁹⁶ things: but the counsel⁶⁰⁹⁸ of the wicked⁷⁵⁶³ is far⁷³⁶⁸ from⁴⁴⁸⁰ me.

19  The righteous⁶⁶⁶² see⁷²⁰⁰ it, and are glad:⁸⁰⁵⁵ and the innocent⁵³⁵⁵ laugh them to scorn.³⁹³²

20  Whereas⁵¹⁸ our substance⁷⁰⁰⁹ is not³⁸⁰⁸ cut down,³⁵⁸² but the remnant³⁴⁹⁹ of them the fire⁷⁸⁴ consumeth.³⁹⁸

21  Acquaint⁵⁵³² now⁴⁹⁹⁴ thyself with⁵⁹⁷³ him, and be at peace:⁷⁹⁹⁹ thereby good²⁸⁹⁶ shall come⁹³⁵ unto thee.

22  Receive,³⁹⁴⁷ I pray thee,⁴⁹⁹⁴ the law⁸⁴⁵¹ from his mouth,^{4480 6310} and lay up⁷⁷⁶⁰ his words⁵⁶¹ in thine heart.³⁸²⁴

23  If⁵¹⁸ thou return⁷⁷²⁵ to⁵⁷⁰⁴ the Almighty,⁷⁷⁰⁶ thou shalt be built up,¹¹²⁹ thou shalt put away iniquity⁵⁷⁶⁶ far⁷³⁶⁸ from thy tabernacles.^{4480 168}

24  Then shalt thou lay up⁷⁸⁹⁶ gold¹²²⁰ as⁵⁹²¹ dust,⁶⁰⁸³ and the gold of Ophir²¹¹ as the stones⁶⁶⁹⁷ of the brooks.⁵¹⁵⁸

25  Yea, the Almighty⁷⁷⁰⁶ shall be¹⁹⁶¹ thy defense,¹²²⁰ and thou shalt have plenty⁸⁴⁴³ of silver.³⁷⁰¹

26  For³⁵⁸⁸ then²²⁷ shalt thou have thy delight⁶⁰²⁶ in⁵⁹²¹ the Almighty,⁷⁷⁰⁶ and shalt lift up⁵³⁷⁵ thy face⁶⁴⁴⁰ unto⁴¹³ God.⁴³³

27  Thou shalt make thy prayer⁶²⁷⁹ unto⁴¹³ him, and he shall hear⁸⁰⁸⁵ thee, and thou shalt pay⁷⁹⁹⁹ thy vows.⁵⁰⁸⁸

28  Thou shalt also decree¹⁵⁰⁴ a thing,⁵⁶² and it shall be established⁶⁹⁶⁵ unto thee: and the light²¹⁶ shall shine⁵⁰⁵⁰ upon⁵⁹²¹ thy ways.¹⁸⁷⁰

29  When³⁵⁸⁸ men are cast down,⁸²¹³ then thou shalt say,⁵⁵⁹ There is lifting up;¹⁴⁶⁶ and he shall save³⁴⁶⁷ the humble person.^{7807 5869}

30  He shall deliver⁴⁴²² the island³³⁶ of the innocent:⁵³⁵⁵ and it is delivered⁴⁴²² by the pureness¹²⁵² of thine hands.³⁷⁰⁹

Sep

1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει

2 πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην

3 τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὠφέλεια ὅτι ἁπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου

4 ἦ λόγον σου ποιούμενος ἐλέγξει σε καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν

5 πότερον οὐχ ἡ κακία σού ἐστιν πολλή ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σού εἰσιν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι

6 ἠνεχύραζες δὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου

7 οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας ἀλλὰ πεινώντων ἐστέρησας ψωμόν

8 ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπον ᾤκισας δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

9 χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενάς ὀρφανοὺς δὲ ἐκάκωσας

10 τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες καὶ ἐσπούδασέν σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος

11 τὸ φῶς σοι σκότος ἀπέβη κοιμηθέντα δὲ ὕδωρ σε ἐκάλυψεν

12 μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν

13 καὶ εἶπας τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρινεῖ

14 νέφη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύσεται

15 μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες ἄδικοι

16 οἳ συνελήμφθησαν ἄωροι ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν

17 οἱ λέγοντες κύριος τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ἢ τί ἐπάξεται ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ

18 ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησεν τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ

19 ἰδόντες δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν

20 εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ

21 γενοῦ δὴ σκληρός ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς εἶτ᾽ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς

22 ἔκλαβε δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐξηγορίαν καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου

23 ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου πόρρω ἐποίησας ἀπὸ διαίτης σου τὸ ἄδικον

24 θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ καὶ ὡς πέτρᾳ χειμάρρους Ωφιρ

25 ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον

26 εἶτα παρρησιασθήσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς

27 εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου δώσει δέ σοι ἀποδοῦναι τὰς εὐχάς

28 ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος

29 ὅτι ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐρεῖς ὑπερηφανεύσατο καὶ κύφοντα ὀφθαλμοῖς σώσει

30 ῥύσεται ἀθῷον καὶ διασώθητι ἐν καθαραῖς χερσίν σου

Tan

‎1 ‏וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

‎2 ‏הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

‎3 ‏הַחֵ֣פֶץ לְ֭שַׁדַּי כִּ֣י תִצְדָּ֑ק וְאִם־בֶּ֝֗צַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּ֥ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

‎4 ‏הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

‎5 ‏הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃

‎6 ‏כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃

‎7 ‏לֹא־מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

‎8 ‏וְאִ֣ישׁ זְ֭רוֹעַ ל֣וֹ הָאָ֑רֶץ וּנְשׂ֥וּא פָ֝נִ֗ים יֵ֣שֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃

‎9 ‏אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

‎10 ‏עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

‎11 ‏אוֹ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

‎12 ‏הֲ‍ֽלֹא־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ³ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃

‎13 ‏וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

‎14 ‏עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

‎15 ‏הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

‎16 ‏אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ וְלֹא־עֵ֑ת נָ֝הָ֗ר יוּצַ֥ק יְסוֹדָֽם׃

‎17 ‏הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ׃

‎18 ‏וְה֤וּא מִלֵּ֣א בָתֵּיהֶ֣ם ט֑וֹב וַעֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

‎19 ‏יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃

‎20 ‏אִם־לֹ֣א נִכְחַ֣ד קִימָ֑נוּ וְ֝יִתְרָ֗ם אָ֣כְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃

‎21 ‏הַסְכֶּן־נָ֣א עִמּ֑וֹ וּשְׁלם¹ בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ֥³ טוֹבָֽה׃

‎22 ‏קַח־נָ֣א מִפִּ֣יו תּוֹרָ֑ה וְשִׂ֥ים אֲ֝מָרָ֗יו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃

‎23 ‏אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַד־שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃

‎24 ‏וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּבְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃

‎25 ‏וְהָיָ֣ה שַׁדַּ֣י בְּצָרֶ֑יךָ וְכֶ֖סֶף תּוֹעָפ֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃

‎26 ‏כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

‎27 ‏תַּעְתִּ֣יר אֵ֭לָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

‎28 ‏וְֽתִגְזַר־א֖וֹמֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֽוֹר׃

‎29 ‏כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃

‎30 ‏יְֽמַלֵּ֥ט¹ אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פ

Vul

1 Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:

2 [Numquid Deo potest comparari homo,
etiam cum perfectæ fuerit scientiæ?

3 Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris?
aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?

4 Numquid timens arguet te,
et veniet tecum in judicium,

5 et non propter malitiam tuam plurimam,
et infinitas iniquitates tuas?

6 Abstulisti enim pignus fratrum tuorum sine causa,
et nudos spoliasti vestibus.

7 Aquam lasso non dedisti,
et esurienti subtraxisti panem.

8 In fortitudine brachii tui possidebas terram,
et potentissimus obtinebas eam.

9 Viduas dimisisti vacuas,
et lacertos pupillorum comminuisti.

10 Propterea circumdatus es laqueis,
et conturbat te formido subita.

11 Et putabas te tenebras non visurum,
et impetu aquarum inundantium non oppressum iri?

12 an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit,
et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?

13 Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus?
et quasi per caliginem judicat.

14 Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat,
et circa cardines cæli perambulat.

15 Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis,
quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,

16 qui sublati sunt ante tempus suum,
et fluvius subvertit fundamentum eorum?

17 Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis:
et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum,

18 cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis:
quorum sententia procul sit a me.

19 Videbunt justi, et lætabuntur,
et innocens subsannabit eos:

20 nonne succisa est erectio eorum?
et reliquias eorum devoravit ignis?

21 Acquiesce igitur ei, et habeto pacem,
et per hæc habebis fructus optimos.

22 Suscipe ex ore illius legem,
et pone sermones ejus in corde tuo.

23 Si reversus fueris ad Omnipotentem, ædificaberis,
et longe facies iniquitatem a tabernaculo tuo.

24 Dabit pro terra silicem,
et pro silice torrentes aureos.

25 Eritque Omnipotens contra hostes tuos,
et argentum coacervabitur tibi.

26 Tunc super Omnipotentem deliciis afflues,
et elevabis ad Deum faciem tuam.

27 Rogabis eum, et exaudiet te,
et vota tua reddes.

28 Decernes rem, et veniet tibi,
et in viis tuis splendebit lumen.

29 Qui enim humiliatus fuerit, erit in gloria,
et qui inclinaverit oculos, ipse salvabitur.

30 Salvabitur innocens:
salvabitur autem in munditia manuum suarum.]