Job 35 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach God.
Book: Job · ← Job 34 · Job 36 →
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GR ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιους λέγει
LA Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:
EN Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
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GR τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι κυρίου
LA Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Justior sum Deo?
EN Does your thought seem right to you, that you should say: I am more just than God?
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GR ἢ ἐρεῖς τί ποιήσω ἁμαρτών
LA Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?
EN For you said: That which is right does not please you: or what will it profit you if I sin?
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GR ἐγὼ σοὶ δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν φίλοις σου
LA Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.
EN Therefore I will answer your words, and your friends with you.
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GR ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδέ κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ
LA Suspice cælum, et intuere: et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.
EN Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than you.
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GR εἰ ἥμαρτες τί πράξεις εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι
LA Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?
EN If you sin, what shall you hurt him? And if your iniquities be multiplied, what shall you do against him?
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GR ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δίκαιος εἶ τί δώσεις αὐτῷ ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήμψεται
LA Porro si juste egeris, quid donabis ei? aut quid de manu tua accipiet?
EN And if you do justly, what shall you give him, or what shall he receive of your hand?
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GR ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου
LA Homini qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adjuvabit justitia tua.
EN Your wickedness may hurt a man that is like you: and your justice may help the son of man.
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GR ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν
LA Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt, et ejulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.
EN By reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
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GR καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς
LA Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte;
EN And he has not said: Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night?
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GR ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ
LA qui docet nos super jumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?
EN Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructs us more than the fowls of the air.
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GR ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν
LA Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.
EN There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
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GR ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ὁ κύριος ἰδεῖν αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁρατής ἐστιν
LA Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.
EN God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
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GR τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα καὶ σώσει με κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ εἰ δύνασαι αἰνέσαι αὐτόν ὡς ἔστιν
LA Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: judicare coram illo, et expecta eum.
EN Yea, when you shall say: He considers not: be judged before him, and expect him.
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GR καὶ νῦν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παραπτώματι σφόδρα
LA Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.
EN For he does not now bring on his fury, neither does he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
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GR καὶ Ιωβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει
LA Ergo Job frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.
EN Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain, and multiplies words without knowledge.
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