Job · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Job 36 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και ο Ελιού εξηκολούθησε και είπεν·
1 Elihu also continued, and said,
2 Υπόμεινόν με ολίγον, και θέλω σε διδάξει· διότι έχω έτι λόγους υπέρ του Θεού.
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
3 Θέλω λάβει τα επιχειρήματά μου μακρόθεν, και θέλω αποδώσει δικαιοσύνην εις τον Ποιητήν μου·
3 I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 διότι οι λόγοι μου επ' αληθείας δεν θέλουσιν είσθαι ψευδείς· πλησίον σου είναι ο τέλειος κατά την γνώσιν.
4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 Ιδού, ο Θεός είναι ισχυρός, όμως δεν καταφρονεί ουδένα· ισχυρός εις δύναμιν σοφίας.
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 Δεν θέλει ζωοποιήσει τον ασεβή· εις δε τους πτωχούς δίδει το δίκαιον.
6 He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
7 Δεν αποσύρει τους οφθαλμούς αυτού από των δικαίων, αλλά και μετά βασιλέων βάλλει αυτούς επί θρόνου· μάλιστα καθίζει αυτούς διαπαντός, και είναι υψωμένοι.
7 He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8 Και εάν ήθελον είσθαι δεδεμένοι με δεσμά και πιασθή με σχοινία θλίψεως,
8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
9 τότε φανερόνει εις αυτούς τα έργα αυτών και τας παραβάσεις αυτών, ότι υπερηύξησαν,
9 then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 και ανοίγει το ωτίον αυτών εις διδασκαλίαν, και από της ανομίας προστάζει να επιστρέψωσιν.
10 He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11 Εάν υπακούσωσι και δουλεύσωσι, θέλουσι τελειώσει τας ημέρας αυτών εν αγαθοίς και τα έτη αυτών εν ευφροσύναις.
11 If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 Αλλ' εάν δεν υπακούσωσι, θέλουσι διαπερασθή υπό ρομφαίας και θέλουσι τελευτήσει εν αγνωσία.
12 But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
13 Οι δε υποκριταί την καρδίαν επισωρεύουσιν οργήν· δεν θέλουσι βοήσει όταν δέση αυτούς·
13 “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
14 αυτοί αποθνήσκουσιν εν τη νεότητι, και η ζωή αυτών τελειόνει μεταξύ των ασελγών.
14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
15 Λυτρόνει τον τεθλιμμένον εν τη θλίψει αυτού και ανοίγει τα ώτα αυτών εν συμφορά·
15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
16 και ούτως ήθελε σε εκβάλει από της στενοχωρίας εις ευρυχωρίαν, όπου δεν υπάρχει στενοχωρία· και το παρατιθέμενον επί της τραπέζης σου θέλει είσθαι πλήρες πάχους.
16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17 Αλλά συ εξεπλήρωσας δίκην ασεβούς· δίκη και κρίσις θέλουσι σε καταλάβει.
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18 Επειδή υπάρχει θυμός, πρόσεχε μη σε εξαφανίση διά της προσβολής αυτού· τότε ουδέ μέγα λύτρον ήθελε σε λυτρώσει.
18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19 Θέλει αποβλέψει εις τα πλούτη σου, ούτε εις χρυσίον ούτε εις πάσαν την ισχύν της δυνάμεως;
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20 Μη επιπόθει την νύκτα, καθ' ην οι λαοί εκκόπτονται εν τω τόπω αυτών.
20 Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Πρόσεχε, μη στραφής προς την ανομίαν· διότι συ προέκρινας τούτο μάλλον παρά την θλίψιν.
21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22 Ιδού, ο Θεός είναι υψωμένος διά της δυνάμεως αυτού· τις διδάσκει ως αυτός;
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23 Τις διώρισεν εις αυτόν την οδόν αυτού; ή τις δύναται να είπη, Έπραξας ανομίαν;
23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
24 Ενθυμού να μεγαλύνης το έργον αυτού, το οποίον θεωρούσιν οι άνθρωποι.
24 “Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
25 Πας άνθρωπος βλέπει αυτό· ο άνθρωπος θεωρεί αυτό μακρόθεν.
25 All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
26 Ιδού, ο Θεός είναι μέγας και ακατανόητος εις ημάς, και ο αριθμός των ετών αυτού ανεξερεύνητος.
26 Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
27 Όταν ανασύρη τας ρανίδας του ύδατος, αυταί καταχέουσιν εκ των ατμών αυτού βροχήν,
27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
28 την οποίαν τα νέφη ραίνουσιν· αφθόνως σταλάζουσιν επί τον άνθρωπον.
28 which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
29 Δύναταί τις έτι να εννοήση τας εφαπλώσεις των νεφελών, τον κρότον της σκηνής αυτού;
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
30 Ιδού, εφαπλόνει το φως αυτού επ' αυτήν και σκεπάζει τους πυθμένας της θαλάσσης·
30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
31 επειδή δι' αυτών δικάζει τους λαούς και δίδει τροφήν αφθόνως.
31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
32 Εν ταις παλάμαις αυτού κρύπτει την αστραπήν· και προστάζει αυτήν εις ό,τι έχει να απαντήση.
32 He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
33 Παραγγέλλει εις αυτήν υπέρ του φίλου αυτού, κατά δε του ασεβούς ετοιμάζει οργήν.
33 Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Job 21:3; Job 13:7–8; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Ezekiel 2:7; Hebrews 13:22
- 3 James 3:17; James 1:17; Psalm 145:17; Job 8:3; Daniel 9:14
- 4 Proverbs 8:7–8; Job 37:16; Psalm 49:3; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Timothy 3:16–17
- 5 Psalm 22:24; Psalm 138:6; Jeremiah 10:12; Psalm 147:5; Job 37:23
- 6 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 72:12–14; 2 Peter 2:9; Job 5:15; Exodus 22:22–24
- 7 Psalm 34:15; Psalm 33:18; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:7–8; 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- 8 Psalm 107:10; Proverbs 5:22; Job 13:27; Psalm 116:3; Job 19:6
- 9 1 Corinthians 11:32; Job 15:25; Psalm 119:71; Ezekiel 18:28–31; Romans 5:20
- 10 Isaiah 55:6–7; Job 36:15; Matthew 3:8; 2 Kings 17:13; Job 33:16–23
- 11 Jeremiah 7:23; Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 26:13; Deuteronomy 4:30; Hebrews 11:8
- 12 Job 4:21; Romans 2:8–9; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 1:20; Deuteronomy 18:15–22
- 13 Romans 2:5; Job 27:8–10; Job 36:8; 2 Chronicles 28:13; Job 35:9–10
- 14 Job 22:16; Job 15:32; Deuteronomy 23:17; Psalm 55:23; Job 21:23–25
- 15 Job 36:10
- 16 Psalm 23:5; Psalm 118:5; Psalm 31:8; Psalm 18:19; Psalm 63:5
- 17 Romans 1:32; Revelation 18:4; Job 34:36; Job 16:5; Job 22:11
- 18 Ephesians 5:6; Job 33:24; Romans 1:18; Psalm 110:5; Psalm 49:7–8
- 19 Proverbs 11:4; Proverbs 11:21; Job 9:13; James 5:3; Isaiah 37:36
- 20 Job 34:20; Exodus 12:29; Job 34:25; 2 Kings 19:35; Job 14:13
- 21 Psalm 66:18; Hebrews 11:25; 1 Peter 3:17; Matthew 16:24; Daniel 3:16–18
- 22 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Romans 13:1; Luke 1:52; Jeremiah 27:5–8; Isaiah 48:17
- 23 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:13–14; Job 8:3; Job 34:10; Ephesians 1:11
- 24 Revelation 15:3; Psalm 145:10–12; Psalm 72:18; Psalm 111:2–4; Luke 1:46
- 26 Psalm 90:2; Psalm 145:3; Job 11:7–9; 1 Kings 8:27; 1 Corinthians 13:12
- 27 Psalm 147:8; Job 5:9; Psalm 148:8; Job 38:25–28; Psalm 65:9–13
- 28 Proverbs 3:20; Genesis 7:11–12; Job 37:11–13
- 29 Job 37:16; Job 37:2–5; Psalm 29:3–10; Job 26:14; Nahum 1:3
- 30 Job 38:25; Exodus 14:22; Exodus 14:28; Genesis 1:9; Psalm 18:11–16
- 31 Psalm 136:25; Job 37:13; Acts 14:17; Psalm 104:13–15; Psalm 65:9–13
- 32 Psalm 18:11; Psalm 147:8–9; Job 37:15; Psalm 148:8; Psalm 135:7
- 33 Job 37:2; Job 36:29; 2 Samuel 22:14; 1 Kings 18:41–45; Joel 2:22
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Learn then thine own weakness; learn from this instance the mightiness of God: for He hath numbered the drops of rain, which have been poured down on all the earth, not only now but in all time.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
He who planned all with weight and measure, He who, according to the word of Job, knows the number of the drops of rain, knew how long His work would last, and for how much consumption of fire He ought to allow.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)