1 Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ελιους λέγει
2 Τί τοῦτο ἡγήσω ἐν κρίσει; σὺ τίς εἶ ὅτι εἶπας Δίκαιός εἰμι ἔναντι κυρίου;
3 ἢ ἐρεῖς Τί ποιήσω ἁμαρτών;
4 ἐγὼ σοὶ δώσω ἀπόκρισιν καὶ τοῖς τρισὶν φίλοις σου.
5 ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδέ, κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ.
6 εἰ ἥμαρτες, τί πράξεις; εἰ δὲ καὶ πολλὰ ἠνόμησας, τί δύνασαι ποιῆσαι;
7 ἐπεὶ δὲ οὖν δίκαιος εἶ, τί δώσεις αὐτῷ;* ἢ τί ἐκ χειρός σου λήμψεται;
8 ἀνδρὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ σου ἡ ἀσέβειά σου,* καὶ υἱῷ ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου.
9 ἀπὸ πλήθους συκοφαντούμενοι κεκράξονται,* βοήσονται ἀπὸ βραχίονος πολλῶν.
10 καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας με,‡ ὁ κατατάσσων φυλακὰς νυκτερινάς,
11 ὁ διορίζων με ἀπὸ τετραπόδων γῆς, ἀπὸ δὲ πετεινῶν οὐρανοῦ;
12 ἐκεῖ κεκράξονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃ‡ καὶ ἀπὸ ὕβρεως πονηρῶν.
13 ἄτοπα γὰρ οὐ βούλεται ὁ κύριος ἰδεῖν· αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁρατής ἐστιν
14 τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα καὶ σώσει με. κρίθητι δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, εἰ δύνασαι αἰνέσαι αὐτόν, ὡς ἔστιν.
15 καὶ νῦν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπισκεπτόμενος, ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ* καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω παραπτώματι σφόδρα·
16 καὶ Ιωβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ,* ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ῥήματα βαρύνει.‡
1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and , What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so , he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.