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21,29a ask those who travel the road, 29b and their signs will not be taken away, 21,30a because for the day of destruction the wicked man is spared 30b and for the day of his wrath he shall be led away. 21,31a Who will declare his wrath to his face? 31b And he himself did it, who will repay him? 21,32a And he himself was carried away to the tombs 32b and he has kept watch over the heap. 21,33a The pebbles of the torrent were sweet138 to him, 33b and after him every man shall depart 33c and before him are innumerable ones. 21,34a But how do you comfort me in vain? 34b But what comes from you to make me cease is nothing.

22,1 THEN ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE ANSWERED AND SAID: 22,2 Is it not the

Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? And he confessed this, having been defeated. Then, since from what was said it was concluded that Job was not impious, nor should one judge characters from punishments.... see, how mischievously; in this way he almost does away with providence: 22,3a For what concern is it to the Lord, if you are blameless in your works? that is: this is nothing to God. 22,3b Or a benefit to him, that you make your way straight? 'For does this contribute anything to his benefit?' he says. For since he said again and again that 'God did these things and because of him I suffer', he wishes to show that it is not from God. 22,4a Or taking account of you, he says, will he reprove you 4b and enter with you into judgment? 'Indeed, even if you are righteous, it is no concern to him nor does he take account of you.' that is: this is not worthy of great concern for God. 'But even if he wanted to judge you, he would have found many sins, if indeed he wanted to be judged with you justly.' Then he lists the sins: 22,5a Is not your wickedness great, 5b and your sins innumerable? 22,6a For you took pledges from your brothers for nothing, 6b and you stripped the clothing from the naked, 139 22,7a you did not even give water to the thirsty, 7b but you deprived the hungry of bread. 22,8a And you showed favor to certain persons, 8b and you put the poor to sleep on the ground; 22,9a and you sent away widows empty-handed 9b and you mistreated orphans. 22,10a Therefore snares have encircled you, 10b and a sudden war has hastened you. And from where? 'Because you are being punished,' he says. 22,11a The light has turned to darkness for you, 11b and water has covered you as you slept. that is: 'in the wilderness and under the open sky you have become a homeless wanderer and fugitive.' 22,12a Does not he who dwells in the high places see, 12b and has he not humbled those who are carried away by insolence? 22,13a And you said: What does the Mighty One know? 13b Does he judge through the gloom? 22,14a A cloud is his hiding place, and he will not be seen 14b and he walks about the circuit of heaven. 22,15a Will you keep the ancient path, 15b which righteous men trod, 22,16a who were seized untimely? 16b a flowing river their foundations, 22,17a who say: What will the Lord do to us 17b or what will the Almighty bring upon us? 22,18a But he filled their houses with good things, 18b but the counsel of the wicked is far from him. 22,19a But the righteous, seeing, laughed, 19b and the blameless one mocked them. 22,20a Has not their substance been destroyed, 20b and fire will consume their remnant. 22,21a But be hard, if you should endure; 21b truly your fruit will be in good things. 22,22a But receive, he says, from his mouth equality of speech with confession 22b and take up his words in your heart. that is: 'speak against him, if you should endure.' By no means. 22,23a But if you turn and humble yourself before the Lord 23b and put far from your dwelling 140 what is unjust, 22,24a you will place on the dust in a rock 24b and as a rock of the torrent of Ophir. 22,25a The Almighty will be a helper to you against enemies, 25b and he will render you pure like silver tried by fire. 22,26a Then you will be with boldness before the Lord 26b looking up to heaven cheerfully. 22,27a And when you pray to him he will hear you, 27b and he will grant you to pay your vows. 22,28a And he will restore to you a dwelling of righteousness, 28b and upon your ways there will be light, 22,29a

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22,1 ΥΠΟΛΑΒΩΝ ∆Ε ΕΛΙΦΑΖ Ο ΘΑΙΜΑΝΙΤΗΣ ΛΕΓΕΙ· 22,2 πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ

κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην; καὶ οὗτος τοῦτο ὡμολόγησεν ἡττηθείς. εἶτα, ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων συνήγετο τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἀσεβῆ τὸν Ἰὼβ μηδὲ δεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν τιμωριῶν τοὺς τρόπους στοχάζεσθαι .... ὅρα, πῶς κακούργως· ταύτῃ σχεδὸν καὶ τὴν πρόνοιαν ἀναιρεῖ· 22,3a τί γὰρ μέλει τῷ κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ᾖς ἄμεμπτος τοῖς ἔργοις; τουτέστιν· οὐδὲν τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν θεόν. 22,3b ἢ ὠφέλεια αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἁπλώσεις τὴν ὁδόν σου; «μὴ γάρ τι εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ συντελεῖ τοῦτο ὠφέλειαν;» φησίν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἄνω καὶ κάτω ἔλεγεν, ὅτι «ὁ θεὸς ταῦτα ἐποίησε καὶ δι' αὐτὸν πάσχω», θέλει δεῖξαι, ὅτι οὐ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ. 22,4a ἢ λόγον σου ποιούμενος, φησίν, ἐλέγξει σε 4b καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν; «μάλιστα μὲν οὖν, εἰ καὶ δίκαιος ᾖς, οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μέλει οὐδ' ἔχει σου λόγον.» τουτέστιν· οὐ πολλῆς τῷ θεῷ τοῦτο σπουδῆς ἄξιον. «πλὴν εἰ καὶ ἐβούλετό σε κρῖναι, πολλὰ ἂν εὗρεν ἁμαρτήματα, εἴ γε δικαίως ἤθελε μετὰ σοῦ κριθῆναι.» εἶτα καταλέγει τὰ ἁμαρτήματα· 22,5a πότερον οὐχὶ ἡ κακία σού ἐστι πολλή, 5b ἀναρίθμητοι δέ σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι; 22,6a ἠνεχύραζες γὰρ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου διὰ κενῆς, 6b ἀμφίασιν δὲ γυμνῶν ἀφείλου, 139 22,7a οὐδὲ ὕδωρ διψῶντας ἐπότισας, 7b ἀλλὰ πεινῶντας ἐστέρησας ψωμῶν. 22,8a ἐθαύμασας δέ τινων πρόσωπα, 8b ἐκοίμισας δὲ πτωχοὺς ἐπὶ γῆς· 22,9a χήρας δὲ ἐξαπέστειλας κενὰς 9b καὶ ὀρφανοὺς ἐκάκωσας. 22,10a τοιγαροῦν ἐκύκλωσάν σε παγίδες, 10b καὶ ἐσπούδασέ σε πόλεμος ἐξαίσιος. καὶ πόθεν; «ὅτι κολάζῃ», φησίν. 22,11a τὸ φῶς σοι εἰς σκότος ἀπέβη, 11b κοιμηθέντα δέ σε ὕδωρ ἐκάλυψεν. τουτέστιν· «ἐν ἐρημίᾳ καὶ αἴθριος ἀλήτης καὶ φυγὰς ἀνέστιος γέγονας.» 22,12a μὴ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων οὐκ ἐφορᾷ, 12b τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν; 22,13a καὶ εἶπας· τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; 13b ἦ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρίνει; 22,14a νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται 14b καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται. 22,15a μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις, 15b ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι, 22,16a οἳ συνελήφθησαν ἄωροι; 16b ποταμὸς ἐπιρρέων οἱ θεμέλιοι αὐτῶν, 22,17a οἱ λέγοντες· τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν ὁ κύριος 17b ἢ τί ἐπάξει ἡμῖν ὁ παντοκράτωρ; 22,18a ὁ δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, 18b βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόρρω αὐτοῦ. 22,19a ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ δίκαιοι ἐγέλασαν, 19b ἄμεμπτος δὲ ἐμυκτήρισεν αὐτούς. 22,20a εἰ μὴ ἠφανίσθη ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτῶν, 20b καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα αὐτῶν καταφάγεται πῦρ. 22,21a γενοῦ δὲ σκληρός, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς· 21b ἦ ὁ καρπός σου ἔσται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς. 22,22a ἔκλαβε δέ, φησίν, ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἰσηγορίαν σὺν ἐξομολογήσει 22b καὶ ἀνάλαβε τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ σου. τουτέστιν· «ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἀντίλεξον, ἐὰν ὑπομείνῃς.» οὐδαμῶς. 22,23a ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστραφῇς καὶ ταπεινώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἔναντι κυρίου 23b καὶ πόρρω ποιήσῃς ἀπὸ διαίτης σου 140 τὸ ἄδικον, 22,24a θήσεις ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ 24b καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάρρου Σωφείρ. 22,25a ἔσται σοι βοηθὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, 25b καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον. 22,26a εἶτα ἐν παρρησίᾳ ἔσῃ ἔναντι κυρίου 26b ἀναβλέψας εἰς οὐρανὸν ἱλαρῶς. 22,27a εὐξαμένου δέ σου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσακούσεταί σου, 27b δώσει δὲ τὰς εὐχάς σου ἀποδοῦναι. 22,28a ἀποκαταστήσει δέ σοι δίαιταν δικαιοσύνης, 28b ἐπὶ δὲ ὁδοῖς σου ἔσται φέγγος, 22,29a