Job 8

Then Baldad, the Suhite, answered, and said:

Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:

ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει

How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Usquequo loqueris talia, et spiritus multiplex sermones oris tui?

μέχρι τίνος λαλήσεις ταῦτα πνεῦμα πολυρῆμον τοῦ στόματός σου

Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?

Numquid Deus supplantat judicium? aut Omnipotens subvertit quod justum est?

μὴ ὁ κύριος ἀδικήσει κρίνων ἢ ὁ τὰ πάντα ποιήσας ταράξει τὸ δίκαιον

Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:

Etiam si filii tui peccaverunt ei, et dimisit eos in manu iniquitatis suæ :

εἰ οἱ υἱοί σου ἥμαρτον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀνομίας αὐτῶν

Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:

tu tamen si diluculo consurrexeris ad Deum, et Omnipotentem fueris deprecatus;

σὺ δὲ ὄρθριζε πρὸς κύριον παντοκράτορα δεόμενος

If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:

si mundus et rectus incesseris : statim evigilabit ad te, et pacatum reddet habitaculum justitiæ tuæ,

εἰ καθαρὸς εἶ καὶ ἀληθινός δεήσεως ἐπακούσεταί σου ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης

In so much, that if thy former things were small thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.

in tantum ut si priora tua fuerint parva, et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis.

ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα

For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:

Interroga enim generationem pristinam, et diligenter investiga patrum memoriam

ἐπερώτησον γὰρ γενεὰν πρώτην ἐξιχνίασον δὲ κατὰ γένος πατέρων

(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow.)

(hesterni quippe sumus, et ignoramus, quoniam sicut umbra dies nostri sunt super terram),

χθιζοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν σκιὰ γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ βίος

And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.

et ipsi docebunt te, loquentur tibi, et de corde suo proferent eloquia.

ἦ οὐχ οὗτοί σε διδάξουσιν καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσιν καὶ ἐκ καρδίας ἐξάξουσιν ῥήματα

Can the rush be green without moisture? or sedge bush grow without water?

Numquid vivere potest scirpus absque humore? aut crescere carectum sine aqua?

μὴ θάλλει πάπυρος ἄνευ ὕδατος ἢ ὑψωθήσεται βούτομον ἄνευ πότου

When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked u with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.

Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.

ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται

Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:

Sic viæ omnium qui obliviscuntur Deum, et spes hypocritæ peribit.

οὕτως τοίνυν ἔσται τὰ ἔσχατα πάντων τῶν ἐπιλανθανομένων τοῦ κυρίου ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς ἀπολεῖται

His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web.

Non ei placebit vecordia sua, et sicut tela aranearum fiducia ejus.

ἀοίκητος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος ἀράχνη δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀποβήσεται ἡ σκηνή

He shall lean upon his house, and it shall no stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:

Innitetur super domum suam, et non stabit; fulciet eam, et non consurget.

ἐὰν ὑπερείσῃ τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ στῇ ἐπιλαβομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνῃ

He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh; and at his rising, his blossom shall shoot forth.

Humectus videtur antequam veniat sol, et in ortu suo germen ejus egredietur.

ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται

His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones; and among the stones he shall abide.

Super acervum petrarum radices ejus densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.

ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται

If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.

Si absorbuerit eum de loco suo, negabit eum, et dicet : Non novi te.

ἐὰν καταπίῃ ὁ τόπος ψεύσεται αὐτόν οὐχ ἑόρακας τοιαῦτα

For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.

Hæc est enim lætitia viæ ejus, ut rursum de terra alii germinentur.

ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει

God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil doer:

Deus non projiciet simplicem, nec porriget manum malignis,

ὁ γὰρ κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον πᾶν δὲ δῶρον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ δέξεται

Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.

donec impleatur risu os tuum, et labia tua jubilo.

ἀληθινῶν δὲ στόμα ἐμπλήσει γέλωτος τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτῶν ἐξομολογήσεως

They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.

Qui oderunt te induentur confusione, et tabernaculum impiorum non subsistet.

οἱ δὲ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐνδύσονται αἰσχύνην δίαιτα δὲ ἀσεβοῦς οὐκ ἔσται