Job 25 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] God’s providence often allows the wicked to go on a long time in their sins: but punishes them in another life.
Book: Job · ← Job 24 · Job 26 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Βαλδαδ ὁ Σαυχίτης λέγει
LA Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:
EN Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
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GR τί γὰρ προοίμιον ἢ φόβος παρ’ αὐτοῦ ὁ ποιῶν τὴν σύμπασαν ἐν ὑψίστῳ
LA Potestas et terror apud eum est, qui facit concordiam in sublimibus suis.
EN Power and terror are with him, who makes peace in his high places.
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GR μὴ γάρ τις ὑπολάβοι ὅτι ἔστιν παρέλκυσις πειραταῖς ἐπὶ τίνας δὲ οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἔνεδρα παρ’ αὐτοῦ
LA Numquid est numerus militum ejus? et super quem non surget lumen illius?
EN Is there any numbering of his soldiers? And upon whom shall not his light arise?
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GR πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς ἔναντι κυρίου ἢ τίς ἂν ἀποκαθαρίσαι ἑαυτὸν γεννητὸς γυναικός
LA Numquid justificari potest homo comparatus Deo? aut apparere mundus natus de muliere?
EN Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
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GR εἰ σελήνῃ συντάσσει καὶ οὐκ ἐπιφαύσκει ἄστρα δὲ οὐ καθαρὰ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ
LA Ecce luna etiam non splendet, et stellæ non sunt mundæ in conspectu ejus:
EN Behold even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in his sight.
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GR ἔα δέ ἄνθρωπος σαπρία καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου σκώληξ
LA quanto magis homo putredo, et filius hominis vermis?
EN How much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm?
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