Job 15 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Eliphaz returns to the charge against Job, and describes the wretched state of the wicked.
Book: Job · ← Job 14 · Job 16 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιφας ὁ Θαιμανίτης λέγει
LA Respondens autem Eliphaz Themanites, dixit:
EN And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
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GR πότερον σοφὸς ἀπόκρισιν δώσει συνέσεως πνεύματος καὶ ἐνέπλησεν πόνον γαστρὸς
LA Numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens, et implebit ardore stomachum suum?
EN Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
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GR ἐλέγχων ἐν ῥήμασιν οἷς οὐ δεῖ ἐν λόγοις οἷς οὐδὲν ὄφελος
LA Arguis verbis eum qui non est æqualis tibi, et loqueris quod tibi non expedit.
EN You reprove him by words, who is not equal to you, and you speak that which is not good for you.
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GR οὐ καὶ σὺ ἀπεποιήσω φόβον συνετελέσω δὲ ῥήματα τοιαῦτα ἔναντι τοῦ κυρίου
LA Quantum in te est, evacuasti timorem, et tulisti preces coram Deo.
EN As much as is in you, you have made void fear, and have taken away prayers from before God.
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GR ἔνοχος εἶ ῥήμασιν στόματός σου οὐδὲ διέκρινας ῥήματα δυναστῶν
LA Docuit enim iniquitas tua os tuum, et imitaris linguam blasphemantium.
EN For your iniquity has taught your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.
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GR ἐλέγξαι σε τὸ σὸν στόμα καὶ μὴ ἐγώ τὰ δὲ χείλη σου καταμαρτυρήσουσίν σου
LA Condemnabit te os tuum, et non ego: et labia tua respondebunt tibi.
EN Your own mouth shall condemn you, and not I: and your own lips shall answer you.
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GR τί γάρ μὴ πρῶτος ἀνθρώπων ἐγενήθης ἢ πρὸ θινῶν ἐπάγης
LA Numquid primus homo tu natus es, et ante colles formatus?
EN Are you the first man that was born, or were you made before the hills?
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GR ἦ σύνταγμα κυρίου ἀκήκοας εἰς δὲ σὲ ἀφίκετο σοφία
LA numquid consilium Dei audisti, et inferior te erit ejus sapientia?
EN Have you heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to you?
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GR τί γὰρ οἶδας ὃ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ἢ τί συνίεις ὃ οὐχὶ καὶ ἡμεῖς
LA Quid nosti quod ignoremus? quid intelligis quod nesciamus?
EN What do you know that we are ignorant of? What do you understand that we know not?
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GR καί γε πρεσβύτης καί γε παλαιὸς ἐν ἡμῖν βαρύτερος τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέραις
LA Et senes et antiqui sunt in nobis, multo vetustiores quam patres tui.
EN There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than your fathers.
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GR ὀλίγα ὧν ἡμάρτηκας μεμαστίγωσαι μεγάλως ὑπερβαλλόντως λελάληκας
LA Numquid grande est ut consoletur te Deus? sed verba tua prava hoc prohibent.
EN Is it a great matter that God should comfort you? But your wicked words hinder this.
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GR τί ἐτόλμησεν ἡ καρδία σου ἢ τί ἐπήνεγκαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου
LA Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans attonitos habes oculos?
EN Why does your heart elevate you, and why do you stare with your eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
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GR ὅτι θυμὸν ἔρρηξας ἔναντι κυρίου ἐξήγαγες δὲ ἐκ στόματος ῥήματα τοιαῦτα
LA Quid tumet contra Deum spiritus tuus, ut proferas de ore tuo hujuscemodi sermones?
EN Why does your spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of your mouth?
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GR τίς γὰρ ὢν βροτός ὅτι ἔσται ἄμεμπτος ἢ ὡς ἐσόμενος δίκαιος γεννητὸς γυναικός
LA Quid est homo ut immaculatus sit, et ut justus appareat natus de muliere?
EN What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
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GR εἰ κατὰ ἁγίων οὐ πιστεύει οὐρανὸς δὲ οὐ καθαρὸς ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
LA Ecce inter sanctos ejus nemo immutabilis, et cæli non sunt mundi in conspectu ejus.
EN Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
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GR ἔα δὲ ἐβδελυγμένος καὶ ἀκάθαρτος ἀνὴρ πίνων ἀδικίας ἴσα ποτῷ
LA Quanto magis abominabilis et inutilis homo, qui bibit quasi aquam iniquitatem?
EN How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinks iniquity like water?
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GR ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι ἄκουέ μου ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα ἀναγγελῶ σοι
LA Ostendam tibi: audi me: quod vidi, narrabo tibi.
EN I will show you, hear me: and I will tell you what I have seen.
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GR ἃ σοφοὶ ἐροῦσιν καὶ οὐκ ἔκρυψαν πατέρας αὐτῶν
LA Sapientes confitentur, et non abscondunt patres suos:
EN Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
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GR αὐτοῖς μόνοις ἐδόθη ἡ γῆ καὶ οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἀλλογενὴς ἐπ’ αὐτούς
LA quibus solis data est terra, et non transivit alienus per eos.
EN To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger has passed among them.
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GR πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ
LA Cunctis diebus suis impius superbit, et numerus annorum incertus est tyrannidis ejus.
EN The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
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GR ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή
LA Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius: et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.
EN The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
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GR μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου
LA Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.
EN He believes not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
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GR κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν οἶδεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα ἡμέρα δὲ αὐτὸν σκοτεινὴ στροβήσει
LA Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu ejus tenebrarum dies.
EN When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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GR ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων
LA Terrebit eum tribulatio, et angustia vallabit eum, sicut regem qui præparatur ad prælium.
EN Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
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GR ὅτι ἦρκεν χεῖρας ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἔναντι δὲ κυρίου παντοκράτορος ἐτραχηλίασεν
LA Tetendit enim adversus Deum manum suam, et contra Omnipotentem roboratus est.
EN For he has stretched out his hand against God, and has strengthened himself against the Almighty.
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GR ἔδραμεν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὕβρει ἐν πάχει νώτου ἀσπίδος αὐτοῦ
LA Cucurrit adversus eum erecto collo, et pingui cervice armatus est.
EN He has run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
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GR ὅτι ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησεν περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων
LA Operuit faciem ejus crassitudo, et de lateribus ejus arvina dependet.
EN Fatness has covered his face, and the fat hangs down on his sides.
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GR αὐλισθείη δὲ πόλεις ἐρήμους εἰσέλθοι δὲ εἰς οἴκους ἀοικήτους ἃ δὲ ἐκεῖνοι ἡτοίμασαν ἄλλοι ἀποίσονται
LA Habitavit in civitatibus desolatis, et in domibus desertis, quæ in tumulos sunt redactæ.
EN He has dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
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GR οὔτε μὴ πλουτισθῇ οὔτε μὴ μείνῃ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα οὐ μὴ βάλῃ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σκιὰν
LA Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia ejus, nec mittet in terra radicem suam.
EN He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
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GR οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος
LA Non recedet de tenebris: ramos ejus arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.
EN He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.
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GR μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ
LA Non credet, frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
EN He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
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GR ἡ τομὴ αὐτοῦ πρὸ ὥρας φθαρήσεται καὶ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ πυκάσῃ
LA Antequam dies ejus impleantur peribit, et manus ejus arescent.
EN Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
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GR τρυγηθείη δὲ ὥσπερ ὄμφαξ πρὸ ὥρας ἐκπέσοι δὲ ὡς ἄνθος ἐλαίας
LA Lædetur quasi vinea in primo flore botrus ejus, et quasi oliva projiciens florem suum.
EN He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casts its flower.
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GR μαρτύριον γὰρ ἀσεβοῦς θάνατος πῦρ δὲ καύσει οἴκους δωροδεκτῶν
LA Congregatio enim hypocritæ sterilis, et ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum qui munera libenter accipiunt.
EN For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
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GR ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήμψεται ὀδύνας ἀποβήσεται δὲ αὐτῷ κενά ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον
LA Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus ejus præparat dolos.
EN He has conceived sorrow, and has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceits.
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[!note]- Thou hast made void fear…
That is, cast off the fear of offending God. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Wise men confess and hide not their fathers…
That is, the knowledge and documents they have received from their fathers they are not ashamed to own. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
